VB3 Not upgrading

[349857345]

Well, at the mo I have VB 3.0.0, I recently got the gold edition from vbulletin.com but whenever I upgrade it says

"Datastore table dosent exist"

And no, in PHP my admin the table is not there, so I was wondering should I make the table manually ?, if so, someone needs to give me the SQL code so I can do it automaticly in php my admin :p

:angry: , I need serious help guys

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

Which version of vB are you upgrading from? You may need to do some intermediate upgrades to get to the final release.

[349857345]

well, I look at the bottom of my foirum and it says version "3.0.0"

[five04]

if you got it legally from vbulletin.com then you get tech support with your membership. just email the guys who make it or post on the help forum there.

[349857345]

yeah ill post on the forum....thxs

[Marshalus Veteran]

  five04 said:

if you got it legally from vbulletin.com then you get tech support with your membership. just email the guys who make it or post on the help forum there.

And the point of this forum is what then?

[Wannes]

for people with the illegal version. :p jk

[DWZ]

  Marshalus said:

And the point of this forum is what then?

The problem with that is that unlicensed, or "warez" users could gain technical support for their illegal setup. Whilst at the official vBulletin forums, their protection system ensures that only officially licensed vBulletin users can post in the support forums or access the support ticketing system.

I mean, it's a nice idea how NeoWin is providing this forum to help users, I, and apparently five04, feel that NeoWin's help could be abused to help users using their forum illegally.

Anyway, that's just my option :)

EDIT: [a fire chronicle] beat me to it :)

[bangbang023 Veteran]

Then we should remove all support forums, since anythign can be obtained illegally. What a terrible attitude.

[DWZ]

  bangbang023 said:

Then we should remove all support forums, since anythign can be obtained illegally. What a terrible attitude.

lol, point taken

But you must understand there is a huge "underground" community who use vBulletin. Yes, I admit, so is say, Windows, Office, NAV etc etc...

But, with respect, the legitimate users would most probably get a better response from the vBulletin.com/.org/templates.com sites. They have the staff that create the application and can help in basically any situation - unlike, say, Windows, where there are tons of developers, none who work on the technical support side of things.

Not only is the general community of the site, well, probably more knowledgeable in the field of PHP/MySQL/vBulletin in general - but we know that the actual developers are there to answer any questions, fix any bugs, or do whatever is necessary.

As an added bonus - we *know* that if the user is posting there, they must be holding a valid vBulletin license. We can't for example, check all NeoWin members has a valid Windows license.

[Marshalus Veteran]

Point taken.

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As an added bonus - we *know* that if the user is posting there, they must be holding a valid vBulletin license. We can't for example, check all NeoWin members has a valid Windows license.

You mean you didn't get the memo about product activation being tied to your account activation? ;)

[Wannes]

  bangbang023 said:

Then we should remove all support forums, since anythign can be obtained illegally. What a terrible attitude.

invision power board, phpbb can be obtained illegally but are also legal to download. :)

as Marshalus said, you can't check every user for a legal windows copy but you can check vB users. bangbang, no offence, but this world will remain to have piracy. :no:

[bangbang023 Veteran]

Trying ot get this back on topic and actually help the guy out......is there anyway you can export a database and then import it into a fresh install? That may be an option. I haven't used VB so I can not be certain.

[349857345]

meh solved this ages ago, just went to www.vbulletin.com, and downloaded a simple .php file which rebuilds the "datastore" table...problem solved! :p

[bangbang023 Veteran]

Oh ok, lol good job. Sorry about everyone accusing you of stealing it.

[Wannes]

couldn't you also use phpmyadmin to do this? :huh:

[bangbang023 Veteran]

I don't know about him, but I find it more assuring to use the tool the developer provides.

[Wannes]

each to their own opinion but i thought phpmyadmin may have been more affective, but thats totally up to him. :)