Help:Upgrade



An upgrade is understood as "the process of replacing a product with a newer version of the same product"CiteRef::wp:wpgrade and Semantic MediaWiki tries to provide a simple yet sufficient process to ensure that data consistency is ensured while new features are made available and for that reason the following changes were added with CiteRef::gh:smw:3095 and extended with CiteRef::gh:smw:3611CiteRef::gh:smw:3738:

Upgrade check

 * The software is checking the consistency of its database schema during upgrades (and also at installation) using an upgrade key as well as other status information, e.g. for the completion of populating the hash fields for the object IDsCiteRef::gh:smw:3080.
 * If an update contains changes to the database schema (e.g. a new field, index, etc.), or if the content of related $smwgFixedProperties and/or $smwgPageSpecialProperties is altered then it is required to either run the update.php or alternatively Semantic MediaWiki's.