Database Transfer Question: (Resolved)

[destrugter]

Ok, i was installing a mod for my forums, when the mod did something weird, and my files were all edited (by me) and i had to delete everything from the forums section, and put them back on. It asked me to reinstall the forums so i put them into a seperate database than the one before. I was wondering if it was possible to transfer everyting over from my old database to my new one? and if so how can i do that?

[wwe]

Couldn't you have just uploaded the files back (the ones you modified) and had everything back to normal... ?

Only things you shouldn't overwrite would be things like config files.

Also... always remember to make backups of the files you're editing.

[destrugter]

i was using phpbb3...and it made me reinstall the forums so i used a different db and i was wondering if there was a way to get all the files off of my old one to put in the new one.

[wwe]

Files? Do you mean the actual files or are you confused and thinking about posts/threads/members?

I'm thinking you're trying to get your posts/threads/members back so try and find a place where it shows what DB it's using and change it to the one you had before. Should be in the AdminCP somewhere, if not, it should be in a config file somewhere on your site.

[UnlimitedMB]

edit your config.php and use the other database.

For transferring db you should ask phpbb about it, their database format is specific to phpbb we dont know anything about it, messing around in the db without knowing what your doing will just make things worse.

And please avoid installing mods wherever possible, they are nothing but trouble.

[destrugter]

sweet it worked editing the config file...thanks a ton!

(i refer to bbcodes as mods very often so a lot of times when i say mod i mean bbcodes)

thanks, faster support than phpbb even!