Well, a while back, I promised to release a method for helping people move their BlogEngine data from XML to a database or the other way around. I gotten a lot of requests for this code, but I’ve been plenty busy with other things so it has just sat here until last week. I cleaned up my code and I was surprised to see how little of it was left. Anyway, I’m testing it now on my data, but I’d like to find a few more testers before I make it more widely available.
The method I use actually will move your blog data from any current BlogEngine BlogProvider data to another. So you could potentially transfer from SQL Server to SQLite or from MySQL to XML as well as XML to some database. It will leave your original data source intact of course, so the migration is actually a fine way to make a backup of your blog data as well. The tool however is only for 1.4.5 users.
Anyway, if you are interested in giving this a try, leave me a comment below or send me an email. Let me know what migration you are interested in testing (how your data currently is stored and what you want to convert to) in your message. I’ll pick a few testers, leaning toward those methods I want to see tested the most, and contact them with instructions in the next day or so.
Remember testers do not have to move to the new data source, it will just be making a copy. You can chose to use that copy later, just delete it, or ignore it. I just would like a few people willing to test and to get back to me with their results and feedback within 2 days of receiving it. The process should take under 15 minutes. (My blog takes under 3 minutes from setup to completion.)
If all goes well, I’ll get some feedback from the testers quickly and have the process available by the end of the week.