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SMF Support => Converting to SMF => MyBB => Topic started by: jetli68 on October 16, 2009, 06:41:44 AM

Title: mybb to smf
Post by: jetli68 on October 16, 2009, 06:41:44 AM
hi there i am trying to  convert mybb to smf

i have uploaded the converter and run it and i get this error

This converter was unable to find SMF in the path you specified.

Please double check the path, and that it is already installed there

i have named the folder the way it  say in this

Path to SMF: /home/{user}/public_html/mydomain.com/SMF
Path to MyBB: /home/{user}/public_html/mydomain.com/MyBB
SMF Database Password: The password assigned to the database user for SMF database.

now i get this error 

Sorry, the database connection information used in the specified installation of SMF cannot access the installation of MyBulletinBoard 1.0. This may either mean that the installation doesn't exist, or that the Database account used does not have permissions to access it.

The error that was received from the Database was: SELECT command denied to user 'user name '@'localhost' for table 'users'

i have give all the  rights to me in my control panel   i have also tried  installing a fresh copy of  smf  and using the database setting from  mybb  it installs ok but  there is no  posts or settings just  the default forum

please some body can you help me with this

tia for any help  much  needed

cheers

jet
Title: Re: mybb to smf
Post by: Norv on October 16, 2009, 06:44:37 AM
Please make sure that the user with rights to SMF database also has all rights on the MyBB database.
You should be able to assign/change users in your host's cpanel, databases section.
Title: Re: mybb to smf
Post by: jetli68 on October 16, 2009, 10:06:05 AM
they have m8  all  names are  done  and  have full rights to use the  database m8

i still can not get it to work
Title: Re: mybb to smf
Post by: Norv on October 16, 2009, 12:05:49 PM
Please can you make a screenshot with the error?

Note that if the error says like "SELECT command denied to user 'user name '@'localhost' for table 'users'" , then it really complains about that: the user specified does not have the right to do at least SELECT on the MyBB database.
As an alternative, you might find it easier to install SMF in exactly the same dataabse where MyBB is installed.
Title: Re: mybb to smf
Post by: jetli68 on October 16, 2009, 12:48:22 PM
i have tried to install smf and use  mybb database but   does not  bring any posts or topics  after  the installer has finished
Title: Re: mybb to smf
Post by: Norv on October 16, 2009, 01:01:23 PM
It still needs to be converted, sure. Installing it in the same database simply means that SMF-specific tables are added in that database, instead of having them elsewhere, and of course you shouldn't have the database user problem above anymore.

Please note that regardless of whether you install in the same database or another, you still need to make sure what users for the database you use in the installer, and what rights they have (as listed in cpanel). I am referring to database users, not site users, not admin accounts, not cpanel logins.
For example, when you install SMF, one of the first pages asks for database server, database name, database user, database password. That user has to be able to connect to MyBB database.
Title: Re: mybb to smf
Post by: General-Promotion on October 16, 2009, 04:34:19 PM
Post a screen-shot.
Title: Re: mybb to smf
Post by: black-eyes1 on January 05, 2010, 05:21:30 PM
Hello friends,
I'm facing the same problem when i try converting phpbb3 into smf

here is screenshot ...  :-\

I appreciate your help
Title: Re: mybb to smf
Post by: catfished on January 05, 2010, 11:32:33 PM
I'm getting the same error as the screenshot. I have the right DB name and DB username as well as the correct passwords.

No one in this thread has said what version of SMF they're trying to convert to. I'm trying to convert from MyBB 1.4.11 to SMF 2.0 RC2. I had a successful merge going from MyBB 1.4.11 to SMF 1.11 so maybe we should just merge to SMF 1.11 and then upgrade to 2.0 RC2?
Title: Re: mybb to smf
Post by: catfished on January 06, 2010, 10:28:18 AM
After giving up on merging a MyBB 1.4.11 to SMF 2.0 RC2, I merged my MyBB 1.4.11 with SMF 1.11 with no problems. Then I simply upgraded the 1.11 to 2.0 RC2. It takes a bit longer but it seems like the only way until they fix the MyBB 1.4.11 to SMF 2.0 RC2 converter.
Title: Re: mybb to smf
Post by: black-eyes1 on January 07, 2010, 03:56:37 PM
Regarding my issue ... i discovered that the mistake was from me, i didn't write the db username correctly
and it's sloved now

thanks you SMF ... i am so happy to convert into SMF an proud to be SMFer  :)

Best wishes to more success
Title: Re: mybb to smf
Post by: Norv on January 11, 2010, 03:58:49 PM
This error is extremely unlikely to be from the converter, really. It is a database error exactly as sent by MySQL. Please, check your database(s) credentials, and rights, when you see this error. The SMF database user has to have access (with the right to at least read the data from MyBB, meaning SELECT, SHOW TABLES, at least).
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