Re: [ help ] - Advanced String Manipulation

From: Charles (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 09/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 15:20:06 -0300

Em 25 Sep 2004 11:34:52 -0400, steve <UseLinkToEmail@dbForumz.com>
escreveu:
> Charles,
>
> Have you looked at vBulletin forums? They most likely already have
> transformation code that you can modify to work with your particular
> case. Migrating data between forums is rather complex, due to all the
> tables that have to updated, so that would be my first place to look.
>
> From the standpoint of mysql/php, if you are a beginner, you would do
> yourself good by buying an introductory book and reading it
> thoroughly.
>
> Another option, if funds available, is to solicit paid help (or maybe
> free) on vBulletin boards and have someone convert the data for you
> (should work since this is a one-time affair and no knowledge transfer
> is needed).
>

Hi Steve, thanks for the tips! I have studied PHP/MySQL for about a month
now with a pretty good book from O'Reilly. But clearly there's a lot to
read!

Anyway, vBulletin doesn't provide an upgrade file to grab tables from
Cyboards database (I guess it wasn't popular enough...). In the meantime,
I'll wait to have more skills and try little by little :(
Thanks,

Charles.