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6/4/2007 4:47 AM
 

Hey Guys,

A school I provide support for uses an intranet system based on DotNetNuke. Last week they upgraded to the latest version of their system, and in doing so upgraded from DNN Ver3 to Ver4.

I got asked to have a look at it when a couple of pages disappeared. Comparing with a backup of the old version, it seems these pages where made with a module called “Bonosoft Links”. I’m sure some people here will note that it is not compatible with Ver4, which I found out after a little Googling.

Comparing the old and new databases, I can’t figure out an easy way to just migrate this data across. I was kinda hoping it would be as easy as just transferring the data from the old BonosoftLinks table to the Links table in the new one, but that just returns an error in the ModuleID field; the modules created by Bonosoft Links have been removed from the Modules table. The structure of the Modules tables in the old and new versions looks different enough that I just can’t try reinserting them into the new table.

So I’m hoping someone here might know of a way this can be done. Can these Bonosoft Links modules somehow be transferred over to Ver4, or will I just have to bite the bullet and recreate these pages using DNN’s Links module?

Thanking any feedback in advance,

                                                  Matt Gamble.

 
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6/4/2007 10:54 AM
 

Most likely a migration can be done, however, to be 100% safe you will need to do some investigative work.

My personal recommendation is to add a new links module to a page and add a link, you can then investigate the DB entries that are created and you can mimick that when you go to migrate your links.

As with any direct database modifications i FULLY recommend making a backup before starting to prevent any further damage to the site.


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6/12/2007 8:39 PM
 

Thanks for the reply. As it looks like we really wouldn't save much time trying to get the old data to work properally under the new version, we have set up some temporary pages in the interim, and are looking at rebuilding these links pages using the links module built into DNN; so hopfully this won't break again.

Again, thanks for your help.

   -Matt Gamble

 
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