Forum conversion¶

Notes on porting the Leginon BB to Redmine

1. Add Forums
   1. create new colum for bb forum id
   2. insert the bb forums
2. Add column to redmine message db for bb post id
3. Import all posts to current forums (map forum id's), saving bb post id to new column
4. enter messages parent ids
5. edit posts to put into new forum
6. delete unwanted forums

Redmine DB Tables¶

Messages

id board_id parent_id subject content author_id replies_count last_reply_id created_on updated_on locked sticky

Boards

id project_id name description position topics_count messages_count last_message_id

Users

id login hashed_password firstname lastname mail mail_notification admin status last_login_on language auth_source_id created_on updated_on type identity_url

BB DB Tables¶

Notre_forums

forum_id parent_id left_id right_id forum_parents forum_name forum_desc forum_desc_bitfield forum_desc_options forum_desc_uid forum_link forum_password forum_style forum_image forum_rules forum_rules_link forum_rules_bitfield forum_rules_options forum_rules_uid forum_topics_per_page forum_type forum_status forum_posts forum_topics forum_topics_real forum_last_post_id forum_last_poster_id forum_last_post_subject forum_last_post_time forum_last_poster_name forum_last_poster_colour forum_flags display_subforum_list display_on_index enable_indexing enable_icons enable_prune prune_next prune_days prune_viewed prune_freq

Notre_posts

post_id topic_id forum_id poster_id icon_id poster_ip post_time post_approved post_reported enable_bbcode enable_smilies enable_magic_url enable_sig post_username post_subject post_text post_checksum post_attachment bbcode_bitfield bbcode_uid post_postcount post_edit_time post_edit_reason post_edit_user post_edit_count post_edit_locked

Notre_topics

topic_id forum_id icon_id topic_attachment topic_approved topic_reported topic_title topic_poster topic_time topic_time_limit topic_views topic_replies topic_replies_real topic_status topic_type topic_first_post_id topic_first_poster_name topic_first_poster_colour topic_last_post_id topic_last_poster_id topic_last_poster_name topic_last_poster_colour topic_last_post_subject topic_last_post_time topic_last_view_time topic_moved_id topic_bumped topic_bumper poll_title poll_start poll_length poll_max_options poll_last_vote poll_vote_change

Notre_users

user_id user_type group_id user_permissions user_perm_from user_ip user_regdate username username_clean user_password user_passchg user_pass_convert user_email user_email_hash user_birthday user_lastvisit user_lastmark user_lastpost_time user_lastpage user_last_confirm_key user_last_search user_warnings user_last_warning user_login_attempts user_inactive_reason user_inactive_time user_posts user_lang user_timezone user_dst user_dateformat user_style user_rank user_colour user_new_privmsg user_unread_privmsg user_last_privmsg user_message_rules user_full_folder user_emailtime user_topic_show_days user_topic_sortby_type user_topic_sortby_dir user_post_show_days user_post_sortby_type user_post_sortby_dir user_notify user_notify_pm user_notify_type user_allow_pm user_allow_viewonline user_allow_viewemail user_allow_massemail user_options user_avatar user_avatar_type user_avatar_width user_avatar_height user_sig user_sig_bbcode_uid user_sig_bbcode_bitfield user_from user_icq user_aim user_yim user_msnm user_jabber user_website user_occ user_interests user_actkey user_newpasswd user_form_salt

Conversion tables¶

Redmine Users¶

Search for the user to have an existing entry, if not their posts will be assigned to anonymous.

Redmine Entry	BB Entry
id
login	notre_users->username
hashed_password
firstname
lastname
mail	notre_users->user_email
mail_notification
admin
status
last_login_on
language	notre_users->user_lang
auth_source_id
created_on
updated_on
type
identity_url

Redmine Boards¶

We will create these from scratch - Development, Using Leginon, Using Appion, Tomography, Installation, Administration Tools

Redmine Entry	BB Entry
id
project_id	(the leginon id)
name	notre_forums->forum_name
description	notre_forums->forum_desc
position
topics_count	notre_forums->forum_topics
messages_count	notre_forums->forum_posts
last_message_id	After all messages are ported add: notre_forums->forum_last_post_id->Redmine Messages->bb_post_id->id
bb_forum_id	notre_forums->forum_id

Redmine Messages¶

Redmine Entry	BB Entry
id
board_id	notre_posts->forum_id->Redmine Boards->bb_forum_id->id
parent_id	Add these as second step after all posts moved over, notre_posts->topic_id->notre_topics->topic_first_post_id->Redmine Messages->bb_post_id->id
subject	notre_posts->post_subject
content	notre_posts->post_text (need to get BLOB)
author_id	notre_posts->poster_id->notre_users->user_email->Users->mail->Users->id, if does not exist assign to anonymous
replies_count	Set all to 0 then check Notre_topics->topic_first_post_id and update that message with Notre_topics->topic_replies
last_reply_id	Set all to NULL then check notre_topics->topic_first_post_id->Redmine Messages->bb_post_id->id and update that message with notre_topics->topic_last_post_id->Redmine Messages->bb_post_id->id
created_on	notre_posts->post_time (may need a conversion)
updated_on	notre_posts->post_edit_time (may need a conversion)
locked	notre_posts->post_edit_locked
sticky	0
bb_post_id	notre_posts->post_id

Commands¶

Make backups¶

First backup the tables that we will be modifying:

mysqldump -u amber -p --skip-lock-tables --extended-insert redmine boards > boards-preport.sql

mysqldump -u amber -p --skip-lock-tables --extended-insert redmine messages > messages-preport.sql

Add temporary columns to the boards and messages tables¶

ALTER TABLE boards
ADD bb_post_id int(11);

ALTER TABLE messages
ADD bb_forum_id int(11);

ALTER TABLE messages
ADD bb_topic_id int(11);

ALTER TABLE messages
ADD bb_topic_first_post_id int(11);

Add forums¶

INSERT INTO redmine.boards (project_id, name, description, topics_count, messages_count, bb_forum_id)
SELECT redmine.projects.id, bb2.notre_forums.forum_name, bb2.notre_forums.forum_desc, bb2.notre_forums.forum_topics, bb2.notre_forums.forum_posts, bb2.notre_forums.forum_id
FROM redmine.projects, bb2.notre_forums
WHERE redmine.projects.identifier="leginon" 

Inserts 9 rows.

Add Messages¶

INSERT INTO redmine.messages (board_id, subject, content,  locked, sticky, bb_post_id)
SELECT redmine.boards.id, bb2.notre_posts.post_subject, bb2.notre_posts.post_text, bb2.notre_posts.post_edit_locked, 0, bb2.notre_posts.post_id
FROM bb2.notre_posts, redmine.boards
WHERE bb2.notre_posts.forum_id = redmine.boards.bb_forum_id;   

inserted 603 rows.

Add bb_topic_id to messages¶

UPDATE redmine.messages, bb2.notre_posts
SET redmine.messages.bb_topic_id=bb2.notre_posts.topic_id
WHERE redmine.messages.bb_post_id = bb2.notre_posts.post_id;

Add bb_topic_first_post_id to messages¶

UPDATE redmine.messages, bb2.notre_topics
SET redmine.messages.bb_topic_first_post_id=bb2.notre_topics.topic_first_post_id
WHERE redmine.messages.bb_topic_id=bb2.notre_topics.topic_id;

Add parent_id to messages¶

UPDATE redmine.messages AS redMess1, redmine.messages AS redMess2
SET redMess1.parent_id=redMess2.id
WHERE redMess1.bb_topic_first_post_id=redMess2.bb_post_id;

Convert Unix timestamps to ISO 8601 and add to messages¶

bb2.notre_posts.post_time, bb2.notre_posts.post_edit_time,

http://aruljohn.com/timestamp2date.html

Add author_id to messages¶

Add replies_count to messages¶

Add last_reply_id to messages¶

Create a backup of the tables¶

mysqldump -u amber -p --skip-lock-tables --extended-insert redmine boards > boards-postport.sql

mysqldump -u amber -p --skip-lock-tables --extended-insert redmine messages > messages-postport.sql

Remove the temporary columns¶

ALTER TABLE boards
DROP COLUMN bb_post_id;

ALTER TABLE messages
DROP COLUMN bb_forum_id;