Hi Mike, sorry if I appear to be blaming MW. Actually I am not. I am just saying that I have not been able to upgrade successfully and I cannot run the update script in my shared hosting.
PM Poon On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Michael Daly <[email protected]>wrote: > Ekompute .info wrote: > > > I wonder whether > > it is because I changed the name of my database as I didn't want to > corrupt > > the original one. > > I've upgraded my wiki many times and never had a problem. I also follow > the instructions and don't try to do things that are not in the upgrade > instructions. > > You do things that are not in the instructions - like renaming the > database or things that are incorrect, like not running the update > script after a restore from a previous version etc. > > If you want to make changes to the wiki, do that either entirely before > or entirely after the upgrade, not _during_ the upgrade. > > If you are afraid of corrupting the database - make a backup. > > If you are going to make changes, make sure you understand the > ramifications of the actions you take. If you change things (like the > name of the database), you have to make the corresponding changes to the > configuration (i.e. LocalSettings.php). > > Don't blame MW for things you do on your own. > > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
