phpbb_ set and still getting red tables

[dekard]

Altering tables

ImpEx will now Alter the tables in the vB database to include import id numbers.This is needed during the import process for maintaining refrences between the tables during an import.If you have large tables (i.e. lots of posts) this can take some time.They will also be left after the import if you need to link back to the origional vB userid.
moderator - importmoderatorid Completed
usergroup - importusergroupid Completed
ranks - importrankid Completed
poll - importpollid Completed
forum - importforumid Completed
forum - importcategoryid Completed
user - importuserid Completed
style - importstyleid Completed
thread - importthreadid Completed
post - importthreadid Completed
thread - importforumid Completed
smilie - importsmilieid Completed
pmtext - importpmid Completed
avatar - importavatarid Completed
customavatar - importcustomavatarid Completed
customprofilepic - importcustomprofilepicid Completed
post - importpostid Completed
attachment - importattachmentid Completed
pm - importpmid Completed
usernote - importusernoteid Completed
phrase - importphraseid Completed
subscription - importsubscriptionid Completed
subscriptionlog - importsubscriptionlogid Completed

Valid found tables :


Possiablly custom tables or incorrect prefix :

attachments NOT found.
attachments_desc NOT found.
auth_access NOT found.
banlist NOT found.
categories NOT found.
config NOT found.
confirm NOT found.
disallow NOT found.
forum_prune NOT found.
forums NOT found.
groups NOT found.
posts NOT found.
posts_text NOT found.
privmsgs NOT found.
privmsgs_text NOT found.
ranks NOT found.
search_results NOT found.
search_wordlist NOT found.
search_wordmatch NOT found.
sessions NOT found.
smilies NOT found.
themes NOT found.
themes_name NOT found.
topics NOT found.
topics_watch NOT found.
user_group NOT found.
users NOT found.
vote_desc NOT found.
vote_results NOT found.
vote_voters NOT found.
words NOT found.

If you have all red tables, i.e. none correct this could possible be your table prefix :

phpbb_
Failed Check database permissions and connection, or table prefix to ensure its correctCurrently, I've got $impexconfig['source']['tableprefix'] = 'phpbb_';

I'm supplying the root db password to impex. shouldn't this work?

[dekard]

Here's another error I'm seeing...


ImpEx Database errormysql error: cannot use database vbulletin_forum

mysql error: Unknown database 'vbulletin_forum'

mysql error number: 1049

Date: Saturday 03rd 2007f February 2007 09:59:05 PM
Database: vbulletin_forum
MySQL error: Unknown database 'vbulletin_forum'

[Steve Machol]

It looks like you have the info reversed. The 'target' db is your vB and the 'source' is your phpBB.

[dekard]

It looks like you have the info reversed. The 'target' db is your vB and the 'source' is your phpBB.

I don't mean to be dense, but I don't understand what change you are suggesting.


I set $impexconfig['target']['tableprefix'] = 'phpbb_'; which didn't help.


ImpEx Database errormysql error: cannot use database vbulletin_forum

mysql error: Unknown database 'vbulletin_forum'

mysql error number: 1049

Date: Saturday 03rd 2007f February 2007 10:32:38 PM
Database: vbulletin_forum
MySQL error: Unknown database 'vbulletin_forum'
Does the above error matter?

[Steve Machol]

I don't mean to be dense, but I don't understand what change you are suggesting.

I set $impexconfig['target']['tableprefix'] = 'phpbb_'; which didn't help.

As I said:

It looks like you have the info reversed. The 'target' db is your vB and the 'source' is your phpBB.

[dekard]

I recognize that I'm missing something. I just don't know what. Here's what I understand from your post. Unfortunately I set these options and there is no change in behavior.


$impexconfig['target']['databasetype'] = 'mysql';
$impexconfig['target']['server'] = 'localhost';
$impexconfig['target']['user'] = 'root';
$impexconfig['target']['password'] = 'xxxxx';
$impexconfig['target']['database'] = 'main VB db name;
$impexconfig['target']['tableprefix'] = '';
$impexconfig['source']['databasetype'] = 'mysql';
$impexconfig['source']['server'] = 'localhost';
$impexconfig['source']['user'] = 'root';
$impexconfig['source']['password'] = 'xxxxxxxx';
$impexconfig['source']['database'] = 'phpb db';
$impexconfig['source']['tableprefix'] = 'phpbb_';The 'vbulletin_forum' entry below was set incorrectly and I've corrected it now. but the error message that is appearing makes me think modifying it in impexconfig.php wasn't enough.

ImpEx Database errormysql error: cannot use database vbulletin_forum

mysql error: Unknown database 'vbulletin_forum'

mysql error number: 1049

Date: Saturday 03rd 2007f February 2007 10:32:38 PM
Database: vbulletin_forum
MySQL error: Unknown database 'vbulletin_forum'

[Steve Machol]

I don't see 'vbulletin_forum' anywhere in your ImpExConfig.php file. You need to post the real info.

Also please read the online Impex import instructions here:

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/impex

[dekard]

'vbulletin_forum' was a mistaken entry in the target section. As you see, I've corrected it below.

impexconfig.php

<?php
################################################## ################## |;
# vBulletin - Licence Number Vxxxxxxxxxx
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- # |;
# Copyright ©2000–2007 Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. All Rights Reserved. |;
# This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part. # |;
# ---------------- VBULLETIN IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE ---------------- # |;
# http://www.vbulletin.com | http://www.vbulletin.com/license.html # |;
################################################## ################## |;

# The following settings allow ImpEx to connect to the vBulletin 3
# database into which you will be importing data.

# If impex is installed in vBulletin you can ignore the target details
# as includes/config.php

if (!defined('IDIR')) { die; }

# For mysqli enter mysql
$impexconfig['target']['databasetype'] = 'mysql';
$impexconfig['target']['server'] = 'localhost';
$impexconfig['target']['user'] = 'root';
$impexconfig['target']['password'] = 'xxx';
$impexconfig['target']['database'] = 'ocwforum;
$impexconfig['target']['tableprefix'] = '';


# If the system that is being imported from uses a database,
# enter the details for it here and set 'sourceexists' to true.
# If the source data is NOT stored in a database, set 'sourceexists' to false

$impexconfig['sourceexists'] = true;

# mysql / mssql
$impexconfig['source']['databasetype'] = 'mysql';
$impexconfig['source']['server'] = 'localhost';
$impexconfig['source']['user'] = 'root';
$impexconfig['source']['password'] = 'xxx';
$impexconfig['source']['database'] = 'overcloc_phpb1';
$impexconfig['source']['tableprefix'] = 'phpbb_';


# Error logging will log import errors to a database table impexerror
# for use with support.
# Language file is the file of phrases to be used, default is english.
# pagespeed is the second(s) wait before the page refreshes.

$impexconfig['system']['errorlogging'] = true;
$impexconfig['system']['language'] = '/impex_language.php';
$impexconfig['system']['pagespeed'] = 1;

define('impexdebug', false);
define('emailcasesensitive', false);
define('forcesqlmode', false);
define('skipparentids', false);
define('shortoutput', false);
define('do_mysql_fetch_assoc', false);
define('step_through', false);
define('lowercase_table_names', false);
?>
config.php

<?php
/*================================================= =====================*\
|| ################################################## ################## ||
|| # vBulletin 3.6.4 - Licence Number xxxxxxxxx
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| # All PHP code in this file is ©2000-2007 Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. # ||
|| # This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part. # ||
|| # ---------------- VBULLETIN IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE ---------------- # ||
|| # http://www.vbulletin.com | http://www.vbulletin.com/license.html # ||
|| ################################################## ################## ||
\*================================================ ======================*/

/*-------------------------------------------------------*\
| ****** NOTE REGARDING THE VARIABLES IN THIS FILE ****** |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| If you get any errors while attempting to connect to |
| MySQL, you will need to email your webhost because we |
| cannot tell you the correct values for the variables |
| in this file. |
\*-------------------------------------------------------*/

// ****** DATABASE TYPE ******
// This is the type of the database server on which your vBulletin database will be located.
// Valid options are mysql and mysqli, for slave support add _slave. Try to use mysqli if you are using PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1+
$config['Database']['dbtype'] = 'mysql';

// ****** DATABASE NAME ******
// This is the name of the database where your vBulletin will be located.
// This must be created by your webhost.
$config['Database']['dbname'] = 'ocwforum';

// ****** TABLE PREFIX ******
// Prefix that your vBulletin tables have in the database.
$config['Database']['tableprefix'] = '';

// ****** TECHNICAL EMAIL ADDRESS ******
// If any database errors occur, they will be emailed to the address specified here.
// Leave this blank to not send any emails when there is a database error.
$config['Database']['technicalemail'] = 'dekard@xxxxxxxxx.org';

// ****** FORCE EMPTY SQL MODE ******
// New versions of MySQL (4.1+) have introduced some behaviors that are
// incompatible with vBulletin. Setting this value to "true" disables those
// behaviors. You only need to modify this value if vBulletin recommends it.
$config['Database']['force_sql_mode'] = false;



// ****** MASTER DATABASE SERVER NAME AND PORT ******
// This is the hostname or IP address and port of the database server.
// If you are unsure of what to put here, leave the default values.
$config['MasterServer']['servername'] = 'localhost';
$config['MasterServer']['port'] = 3306;

// ****** MASTER DATABASE USERNAME & PASSWORD ******
// This is the username and password you use to access MySQL.
// These must be obtained through your webhost.
$config['MasterServer']['username'] = 'root';
$config['MasterServer']['password'] = 'xxxxxxx';

// ****** MASTER DATABASE PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS ******
// This option allows you to turn persistent connections to MySQL on or off.
// The difference in performance is negligible for all but the largest boards.
// If you are unsure what this should be, leave it off. (0 = off; 1 = on)
$config['MasterServer']['usepconnect'] = 0;



// ****** SLAVE DATABASE CONFIGURATION ******
// If you have multiple database backends, this is the information for your slave
// server. If you are not 100% sure you need to fill in this information,
// do not change any of the values here.
$config['SlaveServer']['servername'] = '';
$config['SlaveServer']['port'] = 3306;
$config['SlaveServer']['username'] = '';
$config['SlaveServer']['password'] = '';
$config['SlaveServer']['usepconnect'] = 0;



// ****** PATH TO ADMIN & MODERATOR CONTROL PANELS ******
// This setting allows you to change the name of the folders that the admin and
// moderator control panels reside in. You may wish to do this for security purposes.
// Please note that if you change the name of the directory here, you will still need
// to manually change the name of the directory on the server.
$config['Misc']['admincpdir'] = 'admincp';
$config['Misc']['modcpdir'] = 'modcp';

// Prefix that all vBulletin cookies will have
// Keep this short and only use numbers and letters, i.e. 1-9 and a-Z
$config['Misc']['cookieprefix'] = 'bb';

// ******** FULL PATH TO FORUMS DIRECTORY ******
// On a few systems it may be necessary to input the full path to your forums directory
// for vBulletin to function normally. You can ignore this setting unless vBulletin
// tells you to fill this in. Do not include a trailing slash!
// Example Unix:
// $config['Misc']['forumpath'] = '/home/users/public_html/forums';
// Example Win32:
// $config['Misc']['forumpath'] = 'c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\vb3';
$config['Misc']['forumpath'] = '';



// ****** USERS WITH ADMIN LOG VIEWING PERMISSIONS ******
// The users specified here will be allowed to view the admin log in the control panel.
// Users must be specified by *ID number* here. To obtain a user's ID number,
// view their profile via the control panel. If this is a new installation, leave
// the first user created will have a user ID of 1. Seperate each userid with a comma.
$config['SpecialUsers']['canviewadminlog'] = '1';

// ****** USERS WITH ADMIN LOG PRUNING PERMISSIONS ******
// The users specified here will be allowed to remove ("prune") entries from the admin
// log. See the above entry for more information on the format.
$config['SpecialUsers']['canpruneadminlog'] = '1';

// ****** USERS WITH QUERY RUNNING PERMISSIONS ******
// The users specified here will be allowed to run queries from the control panel.
// See the above entries for more information on the format.
// Please note that the ability to run queries is quite powerful. You may wish
// to remove all user IDs from this list for security reasons.
$config['SpecialUsers']['canrunqueries'] = '';

// ****** UNDELETABLE / UNALTERABLE USERS ******
// The users specified here will not be deletable or alterable from the control panel by any users.
// To specify more than one user, separate userids with commas.
$config['SpecialUsers']['undeletableusers'] = '';

// ****** SUPER ADMINISTRATORS ******
// The users specified below will have permission to access the administrator permissions
// page, which controls the permissions of other administrators
$config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1';

// ****** DATASTORE CACHE CONFIGURATION *****
// Here you can configure different methods for caching datastore items.
// vB_Datastore_Filecache - for using a cache file
// $config['Datastore']['class'] = 'vB_Datastore_Filecache';
// vB_Datastore_Memcached - for using a Memcache server
// It is also necessary to specify the hostname or IP address and the port the server is listening on
// $config['Datastore']['class'] = 'vB_Datastore_Memcached';
// $config['Misc']['memcacheserver'] = '127.0.0.1';
// $config['Misc']['memcacheport'] = '11211';

// ****** The following options are only needed in special cases ******

// ****** MySQLI OPTIONS *****
// When using MySQL 4.1+, MySQLi should be used to connect to the database.
// If you need to set the default connection charset because your database
// is using a charset other than latin1, you can set the charset here.
// If you don't set the charset to be the same as your database, you
// may receive collation errors. Ignore this setting unless you
// are sure you need to use it.
// $config['Mysqli']['charset'] = 'utf8';

// Optionally, PHP can be instructed to set connection parameters by reading from the
// file named in 'ini_file'. Please use a full path to the file.
// Example:
// $config['Mysqli']['ini_file'] = 'c:\program files\MySQL\MySQL Server 4.1\my.ini';
$config['Mysqli']['ini_file'] = '';

// Image Processing Options
// Images that exceed either dimension below will not be resized by vBulletin. If you need to resize larger images, alter these settings.
$config['Misc']['maxwidth'] = 2592;
$config['Misc']['maxheight'] = 1944;

/*================================================= =====================*\
|| ################################################## ##################
|| # Downloaded: 18:55, Sat Feb 3rd 2007
|| # CVS: $RCSfile$ - $Revision: 15747 $
|| ################################################## ##################
\*================================================ ======================*/

[Steve Machol]

And what is the current error?

[dekard]

also, I installed vb and impex with the manual. I've been over the relevant sections several times. I'm sure I'm missing something, I just can't work out what.

[dekard]

As they say, the error was between the keyboard and the monitor... I had two copies of the impex directory on my webserver and I was making the edits to the impexconfig.php in the wrong one...

I'm sorry to waste your time.

[Steve Machol]

Yep, that would do it. ;)

[dekard]

Yep, that would do it. ;)

Ok, thanks to your patience all this is sorted out and I was able to complete the migration very quickly with no issues. If you'd like to see the site you can click my profile for a link.

The VB software is so infinitely better than phpBB its not even funny. I'm sure its possible to host a megaboard off phpBB, but with all the great admin features and user features in VB, why would you want to?