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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