Website behaving badly

Two weeks ago, we moved the WP database files to a new server – successfully. Yesterday, we attempted to move the WP program files to a new server – unsuccessfully.

Before I forget to tell you, we are using WordPress version 2.8.5

Here are the symptoms we are having.

1. The home page and each category page attempts to display every post, page and media item as it would display a post.

2. Every category page lists every post, page and media item, not just the posts for that category.

3. The home page and each category page lists lists multiple versions of the same post. The number of versions might correspond to the number of revisions to a post, perhaps including any auto-saves.

4. The dashboard lists 1,353 posts, 529 pages, 29 categories which is correct.

5. Underneath “Edit Posts” on the admin Edit Posts page, the correct numbers are listed for “All”, “Published” and “Drafts”. However, on the right-hand side of the “Edit Posts” page, it reads “Displaying 1-15 of 2,768 posts (instead of 1,355).

6. The Edit Posts page lists not only all posts, but also every Page and Media Item. It also lists many pages multiple times consistent with the number of times the post appears (wrongly) on the home page or a category page.

7. When you try to conduct a search for a particular term in a post, it returns every post, page or media item, regardless of whether or not the term appears in the post, page or media item

8. The Edit Pages page, behaves like the Edit Posts page, correct identifying the number of pages under “All”, “Published”, “Scheduled”, etc., but reading “Displaying 1-15 of 2,768 posts (instead of 1,355). It also lists all posts, pages and media items, but in alphabetical order.

9. The Media Library page does the same, correctly identifying the correct number of pages under “All”, and “Images” but reading “Displaying 1-15 of 2,768 posts (instead of 1,355). It also lists all posts, pages and media items.

10. A peak inside the database tells us that the database is showing posts table is showing multiple occurrences of the same post. Perhaps this is correct?

Any help would be appreciated!!

Thank you,