Thread:Project:Support desk/Migrate from mediawiki 1.16.0 to 1.23.2/reply

Hi!

See Manual:Moving_a_wiki and Upgrade for what to do!

What do you mean with "rough DB export"?

You can export the whole DB with tools like for example mysqldump and then import it at the new hoster again. That should work and even is the recommended way of moving a DB from one hoster to another.

Do this: Take the old DB from MediaWiki 1.16 and import it at the new hoster.

Basically what you are doing is an Upgrade: Make sure your LocalSettings.php, images/, extensions/ and if changed skins/ are in place at the new hoster. If you have a MediaWiki 1.23 installation there, you then have already upgraded the MediaWiki files. Then follow with what is on upgrade:


 * Upgrade and - very important:
 * Upgrade