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Howdy, guys. I know this has been addressed to a degree, but I'm still confused and have done some things that are outside normal procedure.

I'm working with a J1.0 installation that I migrated to 1.5 on a new host. The previous forms were multi-part and were connected to the db to store the data.

There are two questions at hand.

First, because I've already changed the DNS to the new host, I can't access the old component at the old host, nor can I get get there via IP either. But I still have FTP access. What can I do to get the form(s) off the old server?

Second, how does one go about bringing old ChronoContact forms into the new system and connect it to the db tables? I have a backup of the old DB from the prior host, so I can get the tables moved over and into the new db, but how do I get the forms to work and connect them to the tables in the new DB?

Sorry if this is confusing. If I'm not clear, please ask.

Cheers!

Hello,

What do you mean by "multi part" ? if you mean a multi step form then the J1.5 version already has a plugin to ease making this! I suggest that you remake your forms, you only need to get the old forms HTML code, they are stored in the DB table jos_chrono_contact under column name "html"

the tutorials page has one about storing data to database!


Regards
Max

Max, I'm alright working with the current version of Chronoforms and understand its operation and how to connect to tables in the DB when working from scratch.

I don't have access to the old HTML, but I do have access to the server via FTP. Is there a way to get at the old code so I can avoid having to reconstruct the form?

I already have data in tables that I would like to import to the new DB but I don't understand how to connect the new form to the old table.

Thanks!

Hi Hammerhead,

You can't get the old form code from the FTP, you need the old chrono_contact table!

which old tables do you have ? the forms stored submitted data or the chronoforms main table with all forms details ? if its the first one then you should easily use these tables with the new forms, just connect to it ?

Regards
Max