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Problem with migrating CiviCRM
February 15, 2013, 10:54:42 am
I am migrating CiviCRM for a client from Drupal to Wordpress. The client's current site is currently using cloud-based hosting, and they don't have phpmyadmin access to pass on to me. However, they did give me an sql dump of the database. And it's H U G E.

From what I have read, there are some tables [5 to be exact] that I need to drop from the database before I can re-integrate it into the Wordpress installation for CiviCRM to use with the new plugin. Unfortunately, it's looking like I'm going to have to do this by manually editing the SQL.

Does anyone have any advice that they can pass on that would make this a smoother transition? I appreciate your help in advance. Thanks!

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Re: Problem with migrating CiviCRM
February 16, 2013, 11:39:27 am
Quote from: hyde0429 on February 15, 2013, 10:54:42 am
From what I have read, there are some tables [5 to be exact] that I need to drop from the database before I can re-integrate it into the Wordpress installation for CiviCRM to use with the new plugin.

Where did you read that? It doesn't sound right. We had a wiki page on this subject I think but I can't find it now.

Quote from: hyde0429 on February 15, 2013, 10:54:42 am
Unfortunately, it's looking like I'm going to have to do this by manually editing the SQL.

You could always load the of course know. :)
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Re: Problem with migrating CiviCRM
February 17, 2013, 01:57:15 am
Depends on how you want to set it up. If you do a fresh CiviCRM install and then re-apply the database you need to drop a couple of tables, check this wiki page:
http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC32/Moving+an+Existing+Installation+to+a+New+Server+or+Location

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Re: Problem with migrating CiviCRM
February 17, 2013, 03:09:48 am
Link should be http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC42/Moving+an+Existing+Installation+to+a+New+Server+or+Location (4.2) but anyhow that page doesn't talk about switching CMS's. The truth is that the procedure there works fine for changing servers and for switching CMS's (even though it doesn't even mention WordPress).

You don't necessary have to drop or ignore those tables, either. It often works without that.
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