UBB.Developers Forums Community Development Programming MySQL and Server Configuration how to change it?

On my serwer I have two bases: "motokacik" and "test".
"motokacik" is used for my forum. "test" is unused and it seemed to be free. I copy all databes files from 'motokacik' to 'test' and upload files of new 6.3 version. I run install.php, wrote "test" as name of database and new forum was installed
Ok, but I couldn't run my old forum Ups I looked into phpmyadmin and i was really suprised: Program changed "motokacik" table, not "test"
'No good' - I thought, I checked config.inc.php on my new forum, and that I saw:


I restored my "motokacik" base form backup, but I don't
understand what's mean $config['dbrealname'] ???
And second problem how is possible to simulate another base ???

1) Are you trying to set up a test board by making a copy of your main board?
2) I have no idea where $config['dbrealname'] came from.
3) I don't know what "simulate another base" means.

1.No
2. So do I
3. I thouht about simulate another database, so when we work by mysqldabase x, program make changes in database y.

I have no idea what you are talking about.

Do you want to use a different database than the one you already have using the same copy of the .threads running on the same host? If yes then this is not feasible, since the config.inc.php file which controls where the database is and the database name/username/password is common for all the people that access your board. If you change the values in that file you will in effect redirect all the traffic to the new database. If however you want to test some enhancements and then apply them to your live board, you can set up a dev forum on your home computer which should have a web server (IIS/Apache) and MySQL installed so that you can test what you modify. Taking a snapshot of your database and restoring it on your home computer is easy as pie with mysqldump or phpMyAdmin.