Hi,
this is how it happened:
I was using vbulletin v1.1.6 and I wanted to upgrade to v2.0. Since I was stupid, I didn't make a backup of my database. Since I was even more stupid, instead of using upgrade1.php3, I wiped out the older version, tried to make a clean install with v2.0 and use my old database with it. The installation didn't work, so I let the whole thing be, wiped out v2.0 recopied v1.1.6 in its old place and everything worked fine. That was some weeks ago.
Now I really need to upgrade and I am a little smarter than before, so I made a backup of my database and let the upgrade1.php3 run. Third step in the upgrade script, I am told that it won't work, because I tried to run the script before (which I didn't). I am also told that I have to reset to the 1.1.6 version of the database before the update can run.
Up to that point, I assumed that I am using v1.1.6 of the database. So I checked in the contents of my database backup and there is a table for polls. As far as I know, there are no polls in vbulletin v1.1.6 (that is the sole reason I want to upgrade), therefore my database is not a "clean" 1.1.6 version and it won't work with a fresh install of vbulletin v2.0. vbulletin 1.1.6 is still running without problems
Question is: how can I use polls?
Destroying the database is no option. I've read here about a repair.php script which is not in my distribution for whatever reason. Would that help? Could I manually delete some tables to reset my database to v1.1.6? Do I really need v2.0 for polls? Am I handsome?
Thanks
Paschalis
this is how it happened:
I was using vbulletin v1.1.6 and I wanted to upgrade to v2.0. Since I was stupid, I didn't make a backup of my database. Since I was even more stupid, instead of using upgrade1.php3, I wiped out the older version, tried to make a clean install with v2.0 and use my old database with it. The installation didn't work, so I let the whole thing be, wiped out v2.0 recopied v1.1.6 in its old place and everything worked fine. That was some weeks ago.
Now I really need to upgrade and I am a little smarter than before, so I made a backup of my database and let the upgrade1.php3 run. Third step in the upgrade script, I am told that it won't work, because I tried to run the script before (which I didn't). I am also told that I have to reset to the 1.1.6 version of the database before the update can run.
Up to that point, I assumed that I am using v1.1.6 of the database. So I checked in the contents of my database backup and there is a table for polls. As far as I know, there are no polls in vbulletin v1.1.6 (that is the sole reason I want to upgrade), therefore my database is not a "clean" 1.1.6 version and it won't work with a fresh install of vbulletin v2.0. vbulletin 1.1.6 is still running without problems
Question is: how can I use polls?
Destroying the database is no option. I've read here about a repair.php script which is not in my distribution for whatever reason. Would that help? Could I manually delete some tables to reset my database to v1.1.6? Do I really need v2.0 for polls? Am I handsome?
Thanks
Paschalis
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