Changeset 3853

Timestamp:

Oct 17, 2007, 10:25:45 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Jari Häkkinen

Message:

Fixes #768.

File:

• branches/2.4-stable/doc/src/docbook/admindoc/installation_upgrade.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

branches/2.4-stable/doc/src/docbook/admindoc/installation_upgrade.xml

@@ -894 +894 @@
             properties are defined in
             <filename>/path/to/base/www/WEB-INF/classes/extended-properties.xml</filename>.
-            There is an administrator <ulink
+            There is an
+            administrator <ulink
             url="http://base.thep.lu.se/chrome/site/doc/admin/extended-properties.html">document
-              discussing extended properties</ulink> available.
+            discussing extended properties</ulink> available. If you
+            plan to perform a migration of a BASE 1.2 database you
+            should probably not remove any extended properties
+            columns (this is not tested so the outcome is currently
+            undefined). However, adding columns does not affect
+            migration.
           </para>
         </listitem>
@@ -1082 +1088 @@
       changes to the BASE 1.2 schema you need to patch the BASE 2
       schema as well as make proper changes to the migration program.
+      If there are added columns to the reporter table in your BASE
+      1.2 database you need to transfer the additional information
+      after migration (even if you modified the BASE
+      2 <filename>extended-properties.xml</filename> file).
     </para>
 
@@ -1184 +1194 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
+            <emphasis>Optional, depends on your BASE 1.2 reporter
+            table.</emphasis> Additional columns (as compared with a
+            pristine database schema) in the reporter table in the
+            BASE 1.2 schema are not transferred during migration. You
+            have to perform the transfer manually after
+            migration. Simply export the reporter information from
+            BASE 1.2, and import the data into BASE 2. In BASE 1.2: i)
+            View the reporters, ii) Use `Get as tab-separated text` to
+            create a tab separated file (right click and save). In
+            BASE 2, to import the file follow the instructions in
+            <xref linkend="reporters.import"/>.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
             Migration done! Happy BASEing.
           </para>