1 database, 2 forums

[Langly]

Is it possible to use 1 database to run two forums? Let me explain, I have my present boards that I will be moving to a new host soon. I'd like to use impex to import the users, threads and posts from the present forum to the new forum. Once I have the permissions set right on the new forum then I would like to remove the forum on the present host and have the new host forum as the main and only one.

Is it possible to do this but also if someone joins or posts in the present forum, will it also show up in the new forum?

Another question, I must be having a brainfart or something but where would I tell vbulletin where the SQL database is to use - /forums/includes/config.php?

[Jerry]

ImpEx takes data from one database and puts it in another, to use it, you would have two databases.

You could stop registration on the 1st, import the users, usergroups and forums, set up the permissions and then import the threads, posts, attachments etc.

Though I would advise against it and just do a server move :

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/moving_servers

[RedWingFan]

What we did when I moved (and took over) our forum was to move the database to the new server, and then point the existing old forum to it to grab the data. I also copied over the vB directories to the new server. That gave us two locations for the forum software--then, when the DNS finally got updated, everything was on the new server, up and running. (As luck would have it, Verisign screwed up our transfer and it took a week to sort out the DNS problems! So, I'm glad we set it up the way we did.)

I would not recommend what we did to move the database itself, but it worked. ;)

[deatheyes]

merge 2 forum to 1 ?