there are two db settings…  one for the incoming and one for wp…  they both need to be correct and additionally, both must be on the same server… is this the case?

what type of import are you doing?  ie from which other forum sw…

Thank you for the fast response ,

I am importing for vBulletin.

They are both on the same server, I am double checking the db settings .

okay, let us know…  ones to check are prefix and host as folks get those wrong the most…

pm sent

It might be useful if you could also PM me the data you set in the import form. Can you PM this to both Mr Papa and to Yellow Swordfish please.

Sent pm to you as well , Thank you , AJ

Bit what values did you put in the import form? Both for the source and the target?

I filled in all the spaces that the form had with the info in the pm , I am not sure what other information I need to input?

pm sent with picture.

I think it looks OK. The only thing I question is the new database name. Are you sure it has ‘tt_’ in front of it?

And you can import the password but WP will not be able to recognise them I am afraid as they use a different security hashing technique.  But that wont effect the import as such.

I created the new data base and it added the tt in front automatically. I am no mysql expert so perhaps there is a better way to create it?

That is fine on the passwords . The user will just be prompted to create a new password correct? 

Thank you for all your help.

Can you tell me how you copied the database and what tools were you using to do it with?

I exported the forum database with  phpmyadmin  and then created a new database in mysql and imported the database with phpmyadmin .

To be honest I am somewhat stumped. The warning error you received actually suggests that one of those fields is empty and that doesn’t really make much sense. The vBulletin importer script was actually written by a user so I am not as familiar with it as some of the others. I will have to spend a little time looking through the code to see if I can spot anything – but I do know other users have successfully used it.