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Topic: Rescue an old version?

Posted By: Steve993
Subject: Rescue an old version?
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 10:24pm

I'm trying to help a friend of mine out get his old forum going (or at least have it visiable for archive purposes). However I only have the installed version on the host's server. Now for whatever reason the current host doesn't run asp pages anymore. So I've since copied all the files/folders to my 2003 box. I can successfully bring up a new install of Web Wiz, but my friends old site errors out.

Is there any way for me to tell what version I'm working with? He has a wwForum.mdb file located in an admin/database folder if that helps. Also that file in question is only 20KB. Seems rather small or is the DB file somewhere else? This is my first taste of asp pages and Web Wiz as I've only messed with similar php sites before.

I don't know if this site is hosed or if its even salvageable. Just trying to see what people much more knowledgeable than me think. Thanks for any help!!

http://www.marsmonkey.com/oldIA/default.asp

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Posted By: Jono
Date Posted: 28 June 2008 at 8:20am

20kb for the database does seem very small. I wonder if the download process truncated the file (i.e. it was in ASCII mode and not BINARY mode for the transfer).

Can you try and re-download it?

Posted By: Scotty32
Date Posted: 28 June 2008 at 10:01am

Could you tell us which version of the forum your friend was running? (if the DB is in an Admin folder sounds like V7 or older to me)

In older versions the database connection was in the "common.asp" file, this will tell you the location of the database. Though your friend may of used a MSSQL database and if the host suddenly turned off ASP they potentially could of just deleted the MSSQL database.

The default location and name was "admin/database/wwForum.mdb", but it was HIGHLY recommened that you move it to a more secure location for example above the root folder eg:

C:\website\root\forum = www.site.com/forum/
C:\website\private\ = secure as not accessed from domain

As I said, the common.asp file will tell you the type and location of the database

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Posted By: Steve993
Date Posted: 28 June 2008 at 6:21pm

I double checked again and the wwForum.mdb is 20KB even on the original server. So far it sounds like the DB file is corrupt.

The common.asp showed some good info...

Const strVersion = "7.9"
strDatabaseType = "Access"
strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath("admin/database/wwForum.mdb")

Seems as though the DB file itself is at least my first issue. I'll see if the host has a backup of this file from any point in the past. Other then that might be a lost cause. I really appreciate you guys pointing me in the right direction!

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 30 June 2008 at 8:45am

An empty Access database under 7.9 is around 700KB in size.

Once you get the working 7.9 database, download the latest free Express Edition and inside it you will find another zip file containing upgrade tools. You will need to use the 7.x to 9.x Access Database Upgrade tool.

Once you have upgraded the database to a 9.x database upload the latest version of Web Wiz Forums and edit in notepad the file database/database_connection.asp and set the path to your upgraded database. This will then keep all existing posts, members, etc.

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