hello dear experts dear community 


i run 3.25.2+201131  and i do update to the neweset and latest files. 
i take the community Edition stable version: 3.25.9


therefore i do a saving  of the config file that is located here
: /application/config/ ...

the manpages do not say anything else more.. 
www.limesurvey.org/manual/Upgrading_from_a_previous_version


so i guess that saving the config will be enough...
 

It also says:

- Backup your files and database
- Delete all the old files/folders except for:
/application/config/security.php -Important!! This is the key to all encrypted data in LimeSurvey (version 4 and later)
/application/config/config.php;
/upload directory

g day dear Tpartner,
many thanks for the quick reply - i do as adviced.

have a great day

hi there  - many thanks tpartner

i did not do the upgrade - i will do it at the weekend... 

Backup your files and database
- Delete all the old files/folders except for:
/application/config/security.php -Important!! This is the key to all encrypted data in LimeSurvey (version 4 and later)
/application/config/config.php;
/upload directory

good idea. 


btw: can we do it this way also:- ...like Ben_V mentioned here in this thread 

forums.limesurvey.org/forum/installation...o-the-latest-version


Question - Ian: Dear Friends, I'm new to LimeSurvey and I don't know how to update it to the latest version.Is there any tutorial for that?

answer - Ben_V: If you have installed your 2.5x version in a folder (yourdomain/yourlimesurveyfolder ) you can make a very quick try just uploading your 2nd installation (old version) at the same level (yourdomain/yourlimesurveynewfolder ) and copying your 2.5x config.php file to your 2.6 installation:
=> yourdomain/yourlimesurveynewfolder/application/config/config.php
Like this you will have both installations sharing the same database... and working like a charm; You will be able to make your mind and go on with one version or the other one... or maybe both !
Benoît


well is this an apropiate way & method too!? 

look forward to hear from you
 

Well,
this is the way I do it.
1. Upload the zipfile to my server
2. Unzip to a new folder
3. Copy the /upload, /plugin folders and the config.php to this new installation
4. Test
5. Everything is fine -> delete the old installation folder and rename the new one to the previous name 

By the way:
I wrote a small php script to do this all (points 1-3)

Joffm

Two points...

1) I don't see the need for this with such a minor version upgrade (3.25.x to 3.25.y).

2) I would not share a database between two major versions (eg. 3.x to 4.x) as there are sure to be database differences.

good day dear TPartner hello Joffm,

many thanks for the quick reply and for sharing your insights and all your ideas.

great!

well agreed - good ideas - valid points. 

i have had a closer look at the v 4.4 - there are some changes in the db-design

 


have a great day.