Import over existing Siteworx account problem

[derekd]

G 'Day

I imported a cpannel backup of my domain over to a new siteworx account of the same name - the docs said it would overwrite the siteworx account -

the import seemed to work (the site is just a phpbb forum) for awhile (10min-30min) then the error -

phpBB : Critical Error

Could not connect to the database

:confused:

the import made new dirs the same as the original dirs except changing the last char to 1 and deleted the original dirs

ie olddirname to olddirman1

the forum is trying to connect to the db using olddirname_phpbb1 instead of olddirnam1_phpbb1

how do I fix this or would it be just as easy for a total novice ( ie me ) to delete and start again

I hope this makes sense to someone

Derek

[derekd]

took my own advice and stareted again :eek:

Guess importing over existing account is not the best idea

Derek

[EverythingWeb]

Yes, it will work, however what you needed to do was update the connection details in the phpBB config file. :)

There isn't an importer which can selectively go through files and update connection strings.

[derekd]

Thanks for the reply

Yes, it will work, however what you needed to do was update the connection details in the phpBB config file. :)


I knew it would be something easy

That's the file with the comment @ the start saying DON'T changes this file
and as I'm a novice I did as I was told

I needed to move the domain into a resellers account anyway so a delete and import did the trick and I got more practice @ importing

There isn't an importer which can selectively go through files and update connection strings.

I was impressed @ the way it did the import - the whole forum pics and all

[EverythingWeb]

I was impressed @ the way it did the import - the whole forum pics and all

Yeah, that's 'cause it will do all the data and mysql data ;)

All it needs is to be told the new database name (caused by the change of username) and Voila! :D