Issue: moving from vB 4.2.3 to XF 1.5

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September 19, 2015 4:04 AM

dougdirac

Junior Member

moving from vB 4.2.3 to XF 1.5

I'm currently running VaultiWiki 3.0.11 Lite on vB 4.2.3. I'm plan to migrate to XF 1.5.

How do I upgrade to VaultWiki 4? What is the order of operations to upgrade and preserve my data to move to XF?

If I decide to uninstall VW in the future, will I be able to convert the wikis into normal threads?

Thanks!

Issue Details

Issue Number 4569

Issue Type Bug

Project VaultWiki 4.x Series

Category Importing

Status Fixed

Priority 2 - Fatal / Database Errors

Affected Version 4.0.6

Fixed Version 4.0.10

Milestone (none)

Software DependencyAny

License TypePaid

Users able to reproduce bug 0

Users unable to reproduce bug 0

Attachments 0

Assigned Users (none)

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September 21, 2015 6:15 PM

dougdirac

Junior Member

Anyone?

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September 22, 2015 9:46 AM

pegasus

VaultWiki Team

There is no path to convert wiki pages to normal threads at this time (in VaultWiki 4). If you don't plan to use VaultWiki anymore, then you should do this in VaultWiki 3, before you migrate.

If you migrate to XenForo from vBulletin, then you will need the full version of VaultWiki 4 for XenForo, since the Lite version doesn't have a migration tool. Once you have VaultWiki installed on XenForo, use the regular VaultWiki importer to migrate data from a VaultWiki 3 installation.

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September 22, 2015 1:15 PM

dougdirac

Junior Member

Ok, so just to be sure: In order to keep the wiki, in vB I upgrade from VW 3 Lite to VW 4 Lite, then the full version in XF will have an importer.

Originally Posted by pegasus

There is no path to convert wiki pages to normal threads at this time (in VaultWiki 4).

Is that still on the roadmap? Is the opposite currently possible? In VW4 for XF can I convert normal threads to be wikis?

Much thanks!

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September 22, 2015 3:09 PM

pegasus

VaultWiki Team

You cannot upgrade VW 3 Lite to VW 4 Lite. VW 4 is not a direct upgrade from VW 3. The transition is only possible via migration using an import tool in VW 4.

Neither thread-to-wiki or wiki-to-thread is currently possible in VW 4. Both are still on the roadmap.

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September 22, 2015 3:24 PM

dougdirac

Junior Member

Sorry, now I'm confused.

So I leave my VW3 Lite on vB as it is?

I buy VW4 for XenForo, I migrate my vB site to Xenforo, and VW4 will have an import tool from vB WV3?

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September 22, 2015 5:39 PM

pegasus

VaultWiki Team

Yes. That is exactly correct.

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October 4, 2015 10:22 PM

dougdirac

Junior Member

Ok, I bought VW4 and installed in on my XF test site. I don't seem to be able to find instructions to import from VW3 on vB.

I found these instructions: https://www.vaultwiki.org/pages/Help...er-VaultWiki-4

Editing that config file, I pointed to the old vB database. But that doesn't seem to have worked. I get this error right at the beginning of the import process:

Code:

Step {1}

Importing languages
An exception occurred: Database Error: SELECT * FROM `language` Mysqli prepare error: Table 'xf.language' doesn't exist in /Volumes/www/xf/vault/core/controller/db/xf.php on line 171
vw_DB_Controller_XF->throw_error() in vault/core/controller/db/xf.php at line 185
vw_DB_Controller_XF->query_read() in vault/core/model/db/mysql/vw.php at line 29
vw_DB_MySQL_Model->select() in vault/core/controller/import/handle/vw3/language/vw.php at line 140
vw_Import_Handle_VW3_Language_Controller->do_languages() in vault/core/controller/import/steps/vw3/vw.php at line 123
vw_Import_Steps_VW3_Controller->{closure}() in vault/core/controller/progress/vw.php at line 100
vw_Progress_Controller->call() in vault/core/controller/cp/impex/vw.php at line 114
vw_CP_ImpEx_Controller->import() in vault/core/controller/cp/impex/vw.php at line 35
vw_CP_ImpEx_Controller->execute() in library/vw/XenForo/ControllerAdmin/Wiki.php at line 113
vw_XenForo_ControllerAdmin_Wiki->actionIndex() in library/XenForo/FrontController.php at line 351
XenForo_FrontController->dispatch() in library/XenForo/FrontController.php at line 134
XenForo_FrontController->run() in admin.php at line 13

How should I go about this?

October 5, 2015 10:10 AM
pegasus

VaultWiki Team
Looks like it is pointing to a database called 'xf'. If you set the database correctly in the config file, maybe you forgot to activate that source in the config file:

Code:

# If the old wiki is NOT stored in the forum database, set this to true 'on' => false,
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October 5, 2015 10:41 AM
dougdirac

Junior Member
Originally Posted by pegasus

Looks like it is pointing to a database called 'xf'. If you set the database correctly in the config file, maybe you forgot to activate that source in the config file:

Code:

# If the old wiki is NOT stored in the forum database, set this to true 'on' => false,

It wasn't clear to me what that meant since the old wiki was stored in a forum database, just not the current one. I had already made edits to that import config file pointing it to the old vB database. xf is the current Xenforo test database name.
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October 5, 2015 11:11 AM

pegasus

VaultWiki Team

I have changed the comment to say 'If the old wiki is NOT stored in the target database...'

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October 5, 2015 12:22 PM

dougdirac

Junior Member

Ok, set that to true and got this error:

Code:

Admin Control Panel - Tesla Motors Club
Server Error

Mysqli prepare error: Unknown character set: ''

Zend_Db_Statement_Mysqli->_prepare() in Zend/Db/Statement.php at line 115
Zend_Db_Statement->__construct() in Zend/Db/Adapter/Mysqli.php at line 381
Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli->prepare() in Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php at line 478
Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->query() in /Volumes/www/xf/vault/core/controller/db/xf.php at line 99
vw_DB_Controller_XF->connect() in /Volumes/www/xf/vault/core/model/vw.php at line 856
vw_DB::create() in /Volumes/www/xf/vault/core/controller/import/steps/vw.php at line 40
vw_Import_Steps_Controller->connect() in /Volumes/www/xf/vault/core/controller/import/steps/vw3/vw.php at line 41
vw_Import_Steps_VW3_Controller->connect() in /Volumes/www/xf/vault/core/controller/import/vw.php at line 43
vw_Import_Controller->prepare_steps() in /Volumes/www/xf/vault/core/controller/import/vw.php at line 35
vw_Import_Controller->set_log() in /Volumes/www/xf/vault/core/controller/cp/impex/vw.php at line 55
vw_CP_ImpEx_Controller->import() in /Volumes/www/xf/vault/core/controller/cp/impex/vw.php at line 35
vw_CP_ImpEx_Controller->execute() in vw/XenForo/ControllerAdmin/Wiki.php at line 113
vw_XenForo_ControllerAdmin_Wiki->actionIndex() in XenForo/FrontController.php at line 351
XenForo_FrontController->dispatch() in XenForo/FrontController.php at line 134
XenForo_FrontController->run() in /Volumes/www/xf/admin.php at line 13

October 5, 2015 2:46 PM

pegasus

VaultWiki Team

If the charset was empty in your vBulletin includes/config.php file, then the value to enter for the import config is 'latin1'

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October 5, 2015 3:42 PM

dougdirac

Junior Member

Welp made it to 12%

Code:

Progress: 12%
Step {1}

Creating temporary import fields
Importing languages
Importing URL replacements
Importing rules for file uploads

Step {1}

Importing namespaces
Undefined index: island
vw_CP_Progress_View->handle_php_error() in vault/core/controller/import/handle/vw3/vw.php at line 154
vw_Import_Handle_VW3_Controller->namespace_by_function() in vault/core/controller/import/handle/vw3/area/vw.php at line 78
vw_Import_Handle_VW3_Area_Controller->do_namespaces() in vault/core/controller/import/steps/vw3/vw.php at line 154
vw_Import_Steps_VW3_Controller->{closure}() in vault/core/controller/progress/vw.php at line 100
vw_Progress_Controller->call() in vault/core/controller/cp/impex/vw.php at line 114
vw_CP_ImpEx_Controller->import() in vault/core/controller/cp/impex/vw.php at line 35
vw_CP_ImpEx_Controller->execute() in library/vw/XenForo/ControllerAdmin/Wiki.php at line 113
vw_XenForo_ControllerAdmin_Wiki->actionIndex() in library/XenForo/FrontController.php at line 351
XenForo_FrontController->dispatch() in library/XenForo/FrontController.php at line 134
XenForo_FrontController->run() in admin.php at line 13

October 5, 2015 4:42 PM

pegasus

VaultWiki Team

Your XenForo config file may have debug mode enabled. If you do not want to debug errors like this, please disable it during the process. If you want (or if disabling debug mode doesn't work), you can submit a ticket and we'll deal with all of them so they can be permanently fixed (go to Members > Services > Ticket Support on this site). You also now qualify for free import service when you are ready for a live import.

EDIT: I also forgot that you are importing from a Lite version. Since I believe all of our test imports to XenForo imported from a full VW3, you are entering unknown territory. You may encounter other errors too, and a ticket would definitely help everyone if that's the case.

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December 23, 2015 9:18 PM

Alfa1

Distinguished Member

Isn't it much better to upgrade to full VW3 first?

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