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authorDries Buytaert <dries@buytaert.net>2003-10-21 07:59:04 +0000
committerDries Buytaert <dries@buytaert.net>2003-10-21 07:59:04 +0000
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- Some clarifications to the upgrade script's guidelines/documentation based
on observing upgrade questions.
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diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
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+++ b/update.php
@@ -610,13 +610,12 @@ function update_info() {
print "<ol>\n";
print "<li>Use this script to <b>upgrade an existing Drupal installation</b>. You don't need this script when installing Drupal from scratch.</li>";
print "<li>Before doing anything, backup your database. This process will change your database and its values, and some things might get lost.</li>\n";
- print "<li>Don't run this script twice as it may cause problems.</p></li>\n";
- print "<li><a href=\"update.php?op=update\">Upgrade to the latest version.</a></li>\n";
+ print "<li>Update your Drupal sources, check the notes below and <a href=\"update.php?op=update\">run the database upgrade script</a>. Don't upgrade your database twice as it may cause problems.</p></li>\n";
print "<li>Go through the various administration pages to change the existing and new settings to your liking.</li>\n";
print "</ol>";
print "Notes:";
print "<ol>";
- print " <li>If you upgrade from Drupal 4.2.0, you have to create the <code>sessions</code> table manually before upgrading. After you created the table, you'll want to log in and immediately continue the upgrade. To create the <code>sessions</code> table, issue the following SQL command:<pre>CREATE TABLE sessions (
+ print " <li>If you upgrade from Drupal 4.2.0, you have to create the <code>sessions</code> table manually before upgrading. After you created the table, you'll want to log in and immediately continue the upgrade. To create the <code>sessions</code> table, issue the following SQL command (MySQL specific example):<pre>CREATE TABLE sessions (
uid int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
sid varchar(32) NOT NULL default '',
hostname varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',