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|description = This process defines the steps involved in adding a new version of the MediaWiki software to an existing environment created by [[Install a new server|installing a new server]]. | |description = This process defines the steps involved in adding a new version of the MediaWiki software to an existing environment created by [[Install a new server|installing a new server]]. | ||
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If you intend on creating the new wiki in a new database, you'll first need to create the new database manually, for example by logging in to MySQL: | If you intend on creating the new wiki in a new database, you'll first need to create the new database manually, for example by logging in to MySQL: | ||
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create database foo; | create database foo; | ||
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You can then make a copy of the template database and define a table prefix for the new wiki tables using our [[add-db.pl|add-db script]] as follows. The best practice is that a table prefix should always be used even if there is only one wiki, and the prefix should always end with an underscore character. | You can then make a copy of the template database and define a table prefix for the new wiki tables using our [[add-db.pl|add-db script]] as follows. The best practice is that a table prefix should always be used even if there is only one wiki, and the prefix should always end with an underscore character. | ||
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In this example, two wiki databases have been added at once, both in the new "foo" database we created, one wiki has tables prefixed by "bar_" and the other by "baz_". Both new wiki's are copies of the ''empty-1.13.sql'' template which was created when the ''MediaWiki-1.13'' code-base was installed into the wikia. | In this example, two wiki databases have been added at once, both in the new "foo" database we created, one wiki has tables prefixed by "bar_" and the other by "baz_". Both new wiki's are copies of the ''empty-1.13.sql'' template which was created when the ''MediaWiki-1.13'' code-base was installed into the wikia. | ||
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Add a wiki database Organic Design procedure |
New wiki databases are added by copying from a template database for the version of MediaWiki the wiki will run on. A template exist for every code-base in the wikia because they get created during the install a MediaWiki code-base procedure.
If you intend on creating the new wiki in a new database, you'll first need to create the new database manually, for example by logging in to MySQL:
create database foo;You can then make a copy of the template database and define a table prefix for the new wiki tables using our add-db script as follows. The best practice is that a table prefix should always be used even if there is only one wiki, and the prefix should always end with an underscore character.
/var/www/tools/add-db /var/www/empty-1.13.sql foo.bar_ foo.baz_In this example, two wiki databases have been added at once, both in the new "foo" database we created, one wiki has tables prefixed by "bar_" and the other by "baz_". Both new wiki's are copies of the empty-1.13.sql template which was created when the MediaWiki-1.13 code-base was installed into the wikia.
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After installing a wiki database, you can then install a new wiki.
