So, I was getting:
Unknown system variable 'SQL_MAX_JOIN_SIZE'
So I searched around, and found a few instances of this happening. After following instructions in
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=528263.0, and removing said code from two places, I get
500 - Internal server error.
VB has gone nuts with their pricing, as far as I can tell, and I've been running SMF on another forum for a few years now with no difficulties...well, no difficulties I couldn't figure out through searching and trying things.
I've created an empty database (except for the welcome message), gotten SMF 2.0.14 running. I've had to drop the schema and start over due to some error in the convert that wiped everything.
The original VB database and the new SMF database are running on the same server.
The original VB structure in on the same server - but the site isn't running. I'm pretty sure it doesn't need to, the files just need to be there.
SMF is operational, has one admin account, and one welcome message.
Everything is on the same VM, and I own both the VM and the host it's all running on.
Just can't figure this one out. I've tried every fix I could find in the community forums here. Any ideas?
Edit: Both database are UTF-8, so that shouldn't be a problem.