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1. meesha
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I'm new to WordPress and I'm moving database info from a 2.0.5 version of wp to a new installation of 2.3.3 on a different server. The old database doesn't have all of the tables the new one has but does have some the new one doesn't. 2.0.5 doesn't have an export feature so I downloaded a copy of each individual table. I then imported "wp_categories, wp_posts and wp_postmeta". When I tried importing "wp_comments" I got an error that there was an "unknown column - comment-enclosure - in field list". So far none of the imported data shows up except under "recent posts". When I click on a "reent post" link it says "Sorry, no posts matched your criteria" although there is a matching record in the new database with an "id number" the same as the "page number" of the link.

   What am I missing here? Why won't the data display on the new blog and how do I get my "wp_comments" imported?

2. whooami
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   youre missing the part where you let WP make the necessary changes. You cannot just import the data from a 2.0.x install into the the new 2.3.x tables.

   You notice that there are differences, and yet still try to do this???

   it HAS to be a full moon. :|

   Upgrading WP doesnt change just because your changing servers.

   If you have access to old server, you can upgrade to 2.3.3. there, and import THAT data into your new install,

   OR

   You can back install whatever older version on the new server, import the data, and then upgrade that install.

   But what you are trying to do is never going to work.

3. meesha
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Thanks, that works for me.

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