We are running a forum for a small community on the simple machines platform. The site was deleted a few years ago and the back ups with it. I have a back up with an earlier version of the software. This is up and running but I have not succeeded in upgrading to the latest software version. This makes it buggy and unstable, not to mention the security flaws. At the moment it is crashing weekly (same time same day) due to a task I cannot identify.
I am looking for help to upgrade the software. I think part of the trouble is that the database is 5gb so I don’t know how to nudge it through if it gets stuck.
It’s php with mysql.
Thanks.
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Zohrab Taghiyev
Hi there. I need a few details regarding the source code and technologies used there. Feel free to contact me, I don’t mind to look at it and solve the issues.
gingerbeer
Awesome, thank you. You can get all the details on the code here where I first asked for help: https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=572756.0
Zohrab Taghiyev
As far as I could understand the problem , there is a version incompatibility. I would suggest these steps and ready to do them for you:
1) Install the version 2.0.17 as a separate website
2) Upload your old SQL dump into the separate DB
3) Make a side by side comparison of tables between your new website DB and old one
4) Implement the necessary syntax changes so, your old backup will able to work on your new site.
5) Finally, change the DB of your new website to your old DB (updated)
I will need your backup to install and analyze it on my localhost.