chatserv's 6.7 web installer

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jun 02, 2003 Posts: 10

I downloaded the web installer that has appeared in a post on the front of the Nukecops site. I followed the instructions in the readme.txt, uploaded and connected to nukesql.php on my server.

I went through the steps and every test said everything was ok. Then when I clicked to upgrade 6.5 -> 6.7 I got a blank screen.

At first I worried what would be waiting for me when I went back to my site, but luckily it seems everything was there still intact. Checking the version it says I'm still running 6.5

Have I done something wrong?

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 7:57 pm

Will check on it, i'll post if i find anything.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jun 02, 2003 Posts: 10

Thanks muchly.

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 9:21 pm

The upgrade section needs work and since i can't work on it right now i took down the article for now, i will re-post it as soon as the problem is corrected, only the upgrade links have problems, the fresh install and replace options work ok, thanks for letting me know, hopefully i should have it fixed by tomorrow.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jun 02, 2003 Posts: 10

Alright, no worries. o/

Sergeant Joined: Mar 14, 2003 Posts: 79

has the database structure changed any from 6.5 to 6.7? is an upgrade as simple as replacing files, etc?

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

There are db changes in 6.6 and 6.7

Sergeant Joined: Mar 14, 2003 Posts: 79

are they short enough to list here? the only reason i ask is that i'm helping develop a third party app that integrates into PHPNuke, and it would be helpful to know of any changes in the structure/tables/etc.

thanks,
dm

Lieutenant Joined: Apr 07, 2003 Posts: 278 Location: USA

Raven,

About the db changes - are there any in addition to associated topics?

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2003 7:54 pm

6.6 changes:

$db->sql_query("ALTER TABLE ".$prefix."_stories ADD associated TEXT NOT NULL");
$db->sql_query("ALTER TABLE ".$prefix."_autonews ADD associated TEXT NOT NULL");

6.7:

$db->sql_query("UPDATE ".$prefix."_bbconfig SET config_value='.0.4' where config_name='version'");
$db->sql_query("UPDATE ".$prefix."_bbconfig SET config_value='3600' where config_name='session_length'");

and of course the version change in each.

Sergeant Joined: Mar 14, 2003 Posts: 79

what's the easiest upgrade path from 6.5 to 6.7? Obviously backing up the database (both from Nuke and MySQL directly) would be the first step. Though I have a lot of mods in place on my site, so what's the best way to go about this?

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

I can only tell you what I do. I usually make a new folder, like nuke67. I then copy the 6.7 files into that folder. I make a new instance of my 6.5 database, and call it nuke67. I now have a 'clone' of my current db setup. Now I apply the upgrade sql. Remember that you can't just go from 6.5 to 6.7. You have to go 6.5 > 6.6 >6.7. The upgrade scripts are not cumulative, at least in this upgrade path. So now I should have a version 6.7 database with my 6.5 data. Now I start the tedious job of applying my changes to the 6.7 script files to match my 6.5 customizations.

Sergeant Joined: Mar 14, 2003 Posts: 79

thanks, i was afraid it was going to be something like that....
.sigh

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 1:20 am

Raven wrote:

I can only tell you what I do. I usually make a new folder, like nuke67. I then copy the 6.7 files into that folder. I make a new instance of my 6.5 database, and call it nuke67. I now have a 'clone' of my current db setup. Now I apply the upgrade sql. Remember that you can't just go from 6.5 to 6.7. You have to go 6.5 > 6.6 >6.7. The upgrade scripts are not cumulative, at least in this upgrade path. So now I should have a version 6.7 database with my 6.5 data. Now I start the tedious job of applying my changes to the 6.7 script files to match my 6.5 customizations.

The 6.7 webinstaller.... can't that upgrade 6.5 to 6.7 either?