is it possible to import d5 content into a new d6 site?
I've had enormous problems trying to upgrade a D5 site to D6 and that's without ever getting even the initial db upgrade done (continual white screen of death), not to mention the c.40 contributed modules (some of which aren't available for D6) I have. I have a shiny new D6 installation running elsewhere on my server and I have to say I'm tempted to try and just import D5 content into it. Is that doable? If I could just import the nodes, the rest of the work would be a couple of days, mainly on Views and Blocks. I realise I can't just copy all the node_X tables over to their D6 equivalents as I imagine most of the tables have changed. Is there a way of doing it? regards Neil
This looks exactly the sort of thing I'm after. I think I'll have a busy weekend. :-) thanks John, I'll let you know if it all works out. Neil ----- Original Message ----- From: John Saward To: support@drupal.org Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [support] is it possible to import d5 content into a new d6 site? You may find this useful: http://drupal.org/node/311442 (PHP script for the migration of content from Drupal 5.x to 6.x). John At 12:41 AM 14/06/2009, you wrote: I've had enormous problems trying to upgrade a D5 site to D6 and that's without ever getting even the initial db upgrade done (continual white screen of death), not to mention the c.40 contributed modules (some of which aren't available for D6) I have. I have a shiny new D6 installation running elsewhere on my server and I have to say I'm tempted to try and just import D5 content into it. Is that doable? If I could just import the nodes, the rest of the work would be a couple of days, mainly on Views and Blocks. I realise I can't just copy all the node_X tables over to their D6 equivalents as I imagine most of the tables have changed. Is there a way of doing it? regards Neil -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
well, I tried the first part, the simple part, the users and got this: Warning: mysql_fetch_row(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/xxx/public_html/d6/user-migration.php on line 19 I looked around on d.o and tried db_fetch_object and db_fetch_array and both gave fatal errors for undefined functions. And that link you sent said the users was the easy part. Ha! Neil ----- Original Message ----- From: John Saward To: support@drupal.org Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [support] is it possible to import d5 content into a new d6 site? You may find this useful: http://drupal.org/node/311442 (PHP script for the migration of content from Drupal 5.x to 6.x). John At 12:41 AM 14/06/2009, you wrote: I've had enormous problems trying to upgrade a D5 site to D6 and that's without ever getting even the initial db upgrade done (continual white screen of death), not to mention the c.40 contributed modules (some of which aren't available for D6) I have. I have a shiny new D6 installation running elsewhere on my server and I have to say I'm tempted to try and just import D5 content into it. Is that doable? If I could just import the nodes, the rest of the work would be a couple of days, mainly on Views and Blocks. I realise I can't just copy all the node_X tables over to their D6 equivalents as I imagine most of the tables have changed. Is there a way of doing it? regards Neil -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
Just use http://drupal.org/project/node_export It's actually "node export / import" and of course it has stable releases in both D5 and D6. Want a bulk export / import? Just use the suggestion right on the project page: Bulk Export/Import Node Export now supports bulk node operations from the admin/content/node page. For a more advanced approach to bulk import/export of nodes use the Views Bonus <http://drupal.org/project/views_bonus> module to export a CSV of nodes in a View <http://drupal.org/project/views> and then import the CSV with Node Import <http://drupal.org/project/node_import>. Hope that helps, let us know how it goes, Victor Kane http://awebfactory.com.ar http://projectflowandtracker.com On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Neil Coghlan <neil@esl-lounge.com> wrote:
I've had enormous problems trying to upgrade a D5 site to D6 and that's without ever getting even the initial db upgrade done (continual white screen of death), not to mention the c.40 contributed modules (some of which aren't available for D6) I have.
I have a shiny new D6 installation running elsewhere on my server and I have to say I'm tempted to try and just import D5 content into it. Is that doable? If I could just import the nodes, the rest of the work would be a couple of days, mainly on Views and Blocks.
I realise I can't just copy all the node_X tables over to their D6 equivalents as I imagine most of the tables have changed. Is there a way of doing it?
regards
Neil
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