kiwi
several months later it is done
Why did it take so long? The old forum was JForum because I am a JSP guy (PHP problems I haz had dem...) and I didn't want to use phpbb. Unfortunatel
y JForum at the time only supported MySQL as a back end - and yes you guessed I am not a MySQL guy either!The inevitable happened: MySQL started blowing huge rocks through tiny straws and the forum would lock up. Usually when I wasn't home...
In February new server so I installed phpbb and PostgreSQL. Then looked for a way to get the dumped database data back into the forum. And looked... And looked... And tried some stuff... and some more...
I found a tool that let me import basic user data from a text file a few weeks ago. From there is was easy
This week I spent some quality hours with database dumps and phmyadmin and pgadmin3 and a few bottles of wine
So yes, it is possible to migrate from JForum / MySQL to phpbb3 / PostgreSQL but you have to be a little bit nuts to try at home.
