On Mar 23, 2004, at 4:13 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
Well, it's sure as hell not *supposed* to do that!
If it detects an
existing set of MediaWiki tables in the database, it's supposed to
update them to current spec, not overwrite them.
Can you detail the exact steps necessary to reproduce this? Obviously
I'd like to fix it...
As far as I know, I did everything exactly according to instructions.
I uploaded the files (I did a new upload rather than upgrade the
existing directory), left the .sample files in place, and navigated to
the base MediaWiki directory. I filled in the data, using the info for
the existing database user name/password, left the root password field
empty, and then just let 'er rip. Are there any further details that
would be more useful?
PHP version
4.3.4
MySQL version
Just upgraded to 4.0.16.
Did you give the same database, db username, and db
password as
previously?
Yes, I did.
Do you have root access on the database?
No, not on that username/password. I have another account that has dba
access through phpMyAdmin, but that's it -- I'm hosted on a shared
server.
Does the database have a blank local root password?
I'm not sure. I left the root password field blank at the bottom of
that field. I'll check with the host, and get back to you on that.
Dan