Thread:Project:Support desk/How to restore a database backup from a very old version (1.8) to a current one (1.22)?

For al lot of years a used a closed mediawiki, my on wiki, for literature management. It was hosted on a virtual server (debian). A few days ago, this server was hacked, so I had to restart/new install the server from srcatch. Before I did, fortunaly I'm able to make a mysql-dump from the wiki, but not more. This mediawiki was version 1.8 and it works very fine all the years. Only with plain text, no pictures, no datas or anything else.

But now I'm forced to install not only a new server (debian 7 - squeeze) but also a new(er) mediawiki version. The installation itself isn't a problem, I done. But now the question is: how can I restore the database backup/dump from the old version (1.8) to the current one (1.22)? The manual page "Manual:Restoring a wiki from backup" says:"Particularly, avoid restoring a database backup from an older version of the software into a newer version; this will not work." Okay, but I think it isn't meaningful (and also possible) to install mediawiki Version 1.8.

So, what can I do?

I'm very happy about every help!