Database migration from 1.5 to 2.0 beta

The easiest method would be to import the data fresh into your database, as is, then run upgrade.php in 2.0.

Have you got console/terminal access? What is your front-end, if any? cPanel perhaps? You could load databases and restore them rather easily in cPanel. The database contains everything (almost!), so you need only find out how to overwrite the void (new) database on your Yahoo server.

I’d upgrade my 1.5.2 to 2.0 RC3 first, back that up, then assuming you’ve got the same table prefix in yahoo, restore your database to yahoo. Probably should DROP your tables in yahoo first. Just make sure you have backups on both ends before proceeding.

Kafkaesqui’s route sounds easiest but I have a question for the mySQL experts. The new Yahoo service had auto created my 2.0 database but with a different prefix to my old 1.5.2. Do I need to change anything before important and running upgrade.php?

I’m a mySQL newbie but a quick learner if anyone can give me any pointers…

Thanks for the quick replies.

David.

When you import the database it will use whatever prefix it had when you saved it (probably _wp). So you’ll need to edit your config.php file and just change the prefix section in there to suit the valye and you’ll be okay.

Getting somewhere…

I was able to insert my old data into my new 2.0 database. I tried to run upgrade.php but get a series of errors e.g

WordPress database error: [Access denied for user 'usernamexxx'@'localhost' to database 'weblog']
ALTER TABLE wp_categories CHANGE COLUMN category_parent category_parent bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0'

where usernamexxx is the username allocated by the Yahoo auto-installation of WP 2.0.

My old posts are now showing up in my new weblog but witha few glitches obviously because I’ve not been able to run upgrade.php.

Because I inserted the 1.5.2 data into the 2.0 database I can’t see why there’s an access denied error as the config.php file hasn’t been changed and clearly my 2.0 WP is able to connect to the database ok.

Ideas?

David.

When I used Yahoo web hosting, “localhost” was replaced with “mysql”. But that was about 6 months ago.

Thanks for all the help in this thread. In the end I took MichaelH’s advice. Here’s how I did it in case there’s anyone else out there in the same situation.

I still had access to my 1.5.2 installation so I upgraded that to 2.0. I then used phpmyadmin to export my WP database. I had to rename the database first as my 1.5.2 database had a different name to my 2.0 database. I then logged into phpmyadmin running on the server containing my new Yahoo 2.0 installation and imported the data into my new database. Bingo!

Cheers,

David.