Import from PHPBB to vBulletin 3

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Is there a way to import Allaire Forums into vBulletin (any version to any version)?

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We are moving from PHPBB. I have an SQL dump of the entire database from PHPBB. If I create a new SQL database with that SQL dump file, will that be enough for the software to do the migration?
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There is no point in us buying the software (poss. 20 licenses) unless the possibility exists. I asked the vBulletin team some months back - last August - when they said that v3 would be out in a couple...

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In the forthcoming V3 of vBulletin, waht authentication methods are supported and can we use an external database/membership system to store the user/psss combinations in and authenticate the system against...

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I am upgrading from 1.1.6 to the current version

In 1.1.6 we have a .htaccess file with the following entry:

php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0

Does the current...

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Is that your opinion as moderator of this forum or are we to consider that an official VBulletin stance on this?

If you are to take the viewpoint officially please consider this:
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The Freedom range differ from VServers more than your post would suggest.

I was a beta-tester of Freedom; this is a server environment where good sysadmin skills via SSH/Telnet are required...

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Helpful but only for a fresh install; much of the discussion here is about upgrading in which case the following ALTER commands apply (I counted 18 in upgrade1.php):

ALTER TABLE events...

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Well, it may - if the vB people enabled such error checking then the response from VServers would imply this works.

I am running with 1.1.6 and waiting!...

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Thanks, I can do this then - would you please confirm the file location of all the SQL queries - are these all in one file (upgrade1.php in our case)

Thanks,

I will prove...

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If I do all the SQL queries manually, what else is involved in an installation or upgrade? Surely that must be possible?

Can you confirm that would work, though somewhat cumbersome?...

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Thank you. Noted.



By definition it is never used then - if I cannot install or upgrade from 1.1.6 to 2.0.x - my question remains of how to get the thing working....

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I cannot install or upgrade, even after setting the "onvservers" to 1

I receive a MySQL error of 2006 (see foot of this post).

I understand after reading this forum,...

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I am (was) happy with VServers in other ways and changing an ISP just because this BBS software doesn't work is a hassle.

The issue with VServers seems to generate a lot of posts here so...

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In place of profanity let's share a large "Oh dear..."

OK:

1: Is there any way to do the upgrade manually?
2: Would a full fresh install still throw a wobbler?...

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Now a new error after changing to the vservers=1 parameter:


Database error in vBulletin Upgrade: Invalid SQL: CREATE TABLE searchindex (
wordid INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,...

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Vservers, using a UNIX Vserver Lite account and MySQL 3.22.14b-gamma-virtual

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Upgrading from 1.1.3 via upgrade1.php

Database error in vBulletin Upgrade: Invalid SQL: ALTER TABLE word ADD UNIQUE (title)
mysql error: Lost connection to MySQL server during query...

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OK :-(

Best guesstimate on a timescale for 2.x? (within +/- 8 weeks)

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We want (say) 10 private forums

* Some users have access to one of these private forums - fine

* Some users need access to a mixture of these private forums - varies which...