Possibly found a way to update the posts from the old board with correct formatting.
To accomplish the task...
- Copy site files from live site, to beta
- Backup database, change web.config to point to PHBeta
- Delete all topics prior to May 15th, 2011 that do not have a post after said date
- Delete all posts prior to May 15th, 2011
- Re-code C# app to read MySQL PHBackup database and manipulate data appropriately into SQL PackersHome database.
-- Do NOT insert topics/messages where the TopicID/MessageID is greater than the first TopicID/MessageID after transition
-- SET IDENTITY_INSERT tblName ON (use this with actual post ID's from MySQL DB, make sure no over lapping will occur!
Go through old notes and verify this is possible before proceeding.
Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool