<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#f3f3f3> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The way I did it was:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>install a second version of 5, run it using copies of the 4.5.x db files (it will auto-convert them).  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>next, i had the 4.5.x db files (now v5) and used the xml output feature to export them to xml.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then I IMPORTED that xml to the other v5 copy.  when you import, you have the option to choose what happens when there are duplicates, etc.... read the help on it for more detail.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That method worked great for me....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Saturn</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>irc.jetirc.net</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dylanvdm@icon.co.za href="mailto:dylanvdm@icon.co.za">Dylan v.d Merwe</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ircservices@ircservices.za.net href="mailto:ircservices@ircservices.za.net">ircservices@ircservices.za.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 09, 2003 1:51 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [IRCServices] Database Combine</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Is there any way I can take two ircservices databases (one from v5 and one from v4.5.24) and combining them together. It would just be for the nicknames and maybe channels databases. Please tell me if this is possible and if so then how to go about it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Dylan.</FONT></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>To unsubscribe or change your subscription options, visit:<BR>http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>