Thank you for your advices and the backround info.
I just tried to install MediaWiki 1.4beta3. Unfortunatly is doesn't work
too. Here's the response message:
[...]
MediaWiki 1.4beta3 installation
Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems.
Checking environment...
* PHP 4.3.9: ok
* Warning: PHP's register_globals option is enabled. MediaWiki will
work correctly, but this setting increases your exposure to potential
security vulnerabilities in PHP-based software running on your server. You
should disable it if you are able.
* PHP server API is apache2handler; ok, using pretty URLs
(index.php/Page_Title)
* Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.
* PHP is configured with no memory_limit.
* Have zlib support; enabling output compression.
* Turck MMCache not installed, can't use object caching functions
* Found GD graphics library built-in, image thumbnailing will be
enabled if you enable uploads.
* Installation directory: C:\Programme\xampp\htdocs\mediawiki
* Script URI path: /mediawiki
* Warning: $wgProxyKey is insecure
* Connected as root (automatic)
* Connected to database... 4.1.7-log; enabling MySQL 4 enhancements
* Warning: $wgProxyKey is insecure
* Created database wikidb
* Creating tables...A database error has occurred Query: CREATE TABLE
categorylinks ( cl_from int(8) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', cl_to
varchar(255) binary NOT NULL default '', cl_sortkey varchar(255) binary NOT
NULL default '', cl_timestamp timestamp NOT NULL, UNIQUE KEY
cl_from(cl_from,cl_to), KEY cl_sortkey(cl_to,cl_sortkey(128)), KEY
cl_timestamp(cl_to,cl_timestamp) ) Function: Error: 1071 Specified key was
too long; max key length is 1000 bytes Backtrace: Database.php line 345
calls wfdebugdiebacktrace() Database.php line 297 calls
database::reportqueryerror() install-utils.inc line 118 calls
database::query() index.php line 516 calls dbsource()
[...]
Any hints?
By the way: Is the import/export format of MediaWiki 1.4 compatible with
version 1.3? (I would like to exchange pages with a 1.3 MediaWiki
installation...)
Regards
Stefan