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10/1/2008 10:13 AM
 
ioiiooo

Joined: 8/4/2007
Posts: 9

We have run into a problem with a module where our database name ("dnn_system") is too long when combined with a certain module foreign key (the module creates tables with long names like "dnn_system_VendorNameHere_Product_ModuleConfigurationHere" that apparently are just beyond the SQL 128 character limit). 

Is there a way to rename our database and related tables in DNN to something shorter that won't break DotNetNuke?
 
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10/1/2008 4:27 PM
 
Jeff Cochran


Joined: 6/3/2005
Posts: 2799

I'd make the vendor fix the module.  :)

I don't know an easy way to do this with DNN.  Depending on your SQL skills it's not impossible, but make sure you have backups.  Working backups.  You'll need to change DNN's web.config at least as well.

Jeff
 
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10/1/2008 4:46 PM
 
Oscar Martin

www.bestwebsites.co.nz
Joined: 3/24/2004
Posts: 419

Make a backup first :) Stop the website so the DB tables are not in use. Manually rename all tables from dnn_system_tablename to just dnn_tablename or even better, just to tablename.  Then change object qualifier in your web.config to "dnn_" (or to "" if you changed names to just tablename).  Then hope!  Restore from backup if it doesnt work.  I've never tried this so can say for sure if it will work..

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