On 26 Apr 2011, at 19:24, Carlos Mennens wrote:
> We've been using a Wiki server at the office for years. It was
> originally configured to use MySQL and finally after 8+ years we're
> moving the Wiki to a new platform of hardware. My question is the Wiki
> software (MediaWiki) is the only thing still tied to and using MySQL
> which we want to decommission but we've been using it for years so I'm
> worried we will lose the data. I've done some Google'ing to find out
> how can I change the MySQL database dump and successfully export it
> into my new PostgreSQL database however I don't know how practical or
> recommended this process is. I found sites like the following:
I don't know much about mediawiki (except for how to use it), but it's not unusual for modern web-apps to have some
functionalityto dump their contents in a consistently formatted file (often XML) that it can subsequently import into a
newenvironment. Might be worth looking into.
Alban Hertroys
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