Hi, What is the benefit of the database dumps being archived/distributed in xml format instead of sql format? Converting the xml to sql takes a long time for big wiki's and people seem to have problems with this step, so why isn't the sql format available for download instead of the xml format?
cheers, Jamie >mwDumper is essential also for anyone wiling to replicate a wiki locally for any purpose. There are alternatives such as xml2SQL or importDump.php but mwDumper is the most efficient in terms of correctness and completeness or speed sometimes. bilal == Verily, with hardship comes ease. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
