[support] Upgrading Drupal

[neil at esl-lounge.com]

Just thought I'd add my tuppence worth on one point: CCK had a bug in it
till pretty recently (late summer '08 if i recall) that lost DB data when
you disactivated it for drupal upgrades. I found out on a test site before
launch so it was no biggie...and as many have said, you should always do a
backup anyway in case something like that happens.

for the record, I don't both disactivating modules anymore and have never
had a problem.

Neil

> * Daniel Carrera [19/12/2008 13:46] :
>>
>> If I am upgrading Drupal 5.9 to 5.14 do I still have to disable the
>> modules before the upgrade?
>
> That's what the documentation says but it's a lot of work for little
> gain. My procedure is :
>
> When upgrading the core modules, do not disable nor upgrade the
> contributed modules you are using.
>
> Once you have upgraded Drupal and given your site a quick test run to
> make sure it's still up and running, disable the contributed modules
> you are using, update them and re-enable them.
>
> Go through another test run and you're done.
>
>> Should I be worried that data might get lost if I disable a module?
>
> Hasn't happened to me, so far.
> Always make a backup of your data, just in case.
>
> Emmanuel
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