[ic] What would be required to move from 4.8.7 to 4.9.?

[Jonathan Clark]

> > You might want to check the fields in the tables after upgrade,
> > comparing a
> > demo 4.9.x with your copy. I know there are a few new ones in
> mv_metadata
> > for example. To add them to this table, edit the
> products/mv_metadata.asc
> > file, go to the end of the first line which contains the field
> > names and add
> > a <tab> and then the field name for each one missing. This will help the
> > display of table data in the UI.
>
> Be sure that your editor does not wrap the lines in
> mv_metadata.asc and that
> it does not mess with the carriage-returns that are in that file.
>
> I did that change once with pico (with the non-wrap switch) and it still
> messed completely my mv_metadata db. I had to build that file
> from scratch,
> and that takes really much time (obviously I forgot to make a
> backup ;-)...

Ah.. I use vi ;-)

Backing up the file before editing is a good idea though.

Jonathan
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