Hi everyone. I read some posts from the past and saw that there have been some issues with the "category.def" file when importing. I am getting an error that I haven't seen on the board yet though:

Import error: CRITICAL ERROR OCCURED: Cannot open /home/links/mysite.com/cgi-bin/links/admin/defs/category.def: No such file or directory at /home/links/mysite2.com/cgi-bin/links/admin/Links/Import/L2S2.pm line 82

Does anyone know what is causing this error?

TIA!

One of the experts could answer this better than me, but if I saw this error I would:

• Check to see that the .def file still exists on my server
• Go to category>properties and "resync" my database
• Repair tables perhaps

I have you made a backup before you did the import!


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Are you running in Windows? If so, try this:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...;;page=unread#unread

If not, I think you can rebuild your .def files by going to Setup>SQL Server in the admin console. There is an option that reads:

Load table info from an existing set of tables (or resync the def files if you have changed your defs manually).

I believe I have tried this one time, and it rebuilt my .def files. Make sure you back EVERYTHING up before attempting...

Hope that helps,
Sean

Hmm, thanks for your replies although I still get the error. Let me walk you through what I am doing and maybe you can spot something I am doing wrong:

-I have two link lists. I am attempting to move all of the link from one list to the other (both are the latest version 2.x)

-I am going into list 1, and doing a mysql dump through mysqlman. When I do the dump, I write to a file /home/links/site1/dump

-I select only the "lsql_Links" table, and "Write Create Table" (with no options) and "Write Insert statements" (with no options). It successfully writes the file.

-I then go into list 2, and click on >database>import/export. I type in /home/links/site1/dump as the location of the def files, choose "import from links 2.x", and check "Clear tables" and "show errors".

Am I making any mistake in that process?

I found when doing imports from older version I really had to play around with the import settings.... basically I dont show any errors, and do a strict import.

But I understand you are importing from SQL 2.x files.... hmmm


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You need the actual .def files from the Links 2.x version. The definition files aren't dumps of the database, but variables and settings for the tables. Basically to import from a Links 2.x database, you will need the database flat files and defs as they exist in the working 2.x install.

Sean