PhpBB 3.0.7 To SMF 2.0 Conversion Errors

Started by XtcruleZ, June 14, 2011, 12:07:29 PM

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HunterP

#20
June 20, 2011, 08:52:42 PM

I had about the same issues when converting. Don't really want to complain because I'm already happy that such convertors exist, but it seems to be a bit buggy at some points. Unfortunately I've already removed the phpBB database, otherwise I would be willing to help improving the script.

EDIT: I still seem to have a 40MB backup of my phpBB database, which I'm willing to share to improve the script

XtcruleZ

#21
June 20, 2011, 10:20:25 PM
Agreed...i am not complaining either, im thankful that there are those Members here that have decided to help me with the conversion. Hopefully, by them helping me, others can benefit from the knowledge as well.

Norv

#22
June 21, 2011, 04:40:34 AM
I would appreciate a database with these data leading to errors. Thank you, HunterP, I appreciate it if possible.
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XtcruleZ

#23
June 21, 2011, 12:42:22 PM
I can give you my DB but i dont want to post it here. Something just occurred to me.... I just realized i didnt tell you that my current phpbb forum originally was converted from SMF. Could this be causing the errors?

Norv

#24
June 21, 2011, 08:12:23 PM
I find that unlikely to be an issue. It's either some unexpected values in phpbb (in a few conversions we find some surprises like that), or a silly bug in the converter I missed at the moment. Is there a problem if it waits till tomorrow till I look into it again? I am just too tired to look into it now.

Don't worry about the database, the thing is simply that generally it's far easier and better to work on real-world databases, they can always have stuff one doesn't expect. :). Many thanks for HunterP for allowing me access to his backup, I'll set it up and see what went wrong.
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XtcruleZ

#25
June 21, 2011, 11:38:09 PM
Not an issue to wait, when everything converts fully from the beginning, ill do it one last time and go live with the site. I can wait a bit.

XtcruleZ

#27
June 29, 2011, 10:01:03 PM
Quote from: Norv on June 21, 2011, 08:12:23 PM
I find that unlikely to be an issue. It's either some unexpected values in phpbb (in a few conversions we find some surprises like that), or a silly bug in the converter I missed at the moment. Is there a problem if it waits till tomorrow till I look into it again? I am just too tired to look into it now.

Don't worry about the database, the thing is simply that generally it's far easier and better to work on real-world databases, they can always have stuff one doesn't expect. :). Many thanks for HunterP for allowing me access to his backup, I'll set it up and see what went wrong.

Any progress with this?

XtcruleZ

#29
July 09, 2011, 07:03:36 PM Last Edit: July 10, 2011, 02:02:27 PM by XtcruleZ
Is there anyone else that can help me with this conversion please?

Norv

#30
July 11, 2011, 03:37:20 PM
I deeply apologize for the unwanted delay, XtcruleZ. Please find attached the converter fixed for the issues that were happening before, tester for HunterP's database.
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XtcruleZ

#31
July 11, 2011, 05:18:05 PM
Using your latest script, i still get this error:

Converting...
Converting posts...
Successful.
Converting polls...Wrong value type sent to the database. Integer expected. (expire_time)

Norv

#32
July 12, 2011, 01:55:25 PM Last Edit: July 12, 2011, 02:16:57 PM by Norv
Thank you for the data. Please, use this file instead. The expire_time issue should be solved.

ETA: actually, you might have been right, XtcruleZ... these data could exist in your db because of an incomplete conversion to phpbb in the past... Your database has partially as poll_length some values which are definitely the timestamps that SMF would store as expiration time of polls, and partially some values which phpbb3 would store as time of polls to run for. Definitely looks like a remainder of a previous incomplete conversion.

Please, make sure to run SMF maintenance tools after conversion, recalculating statistics just in case, and find and repair errors. If you could check the polls times, to see as possible if they're okay, I would appreciate to know, as well.
To-do lists are for deferral. The more things you write down the later they're done... until you have 100s of lists of things you don't do.

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XtcruleZ

#33
July 12, 2011, 08:09:21 PM
Now have a small issue with my Membergroups, but thats an easy fix, so im going to mark this topic Solved. Thank you Norv for all you help and hard work getting me converted back to SMF.
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