Marshalrusty wrote:You would need to write a script that goes through every post in the database and runs the post contents through the new bbcode functions. It wouldn't be a very difficult script to write.
you are right in your assertion that such a script would be required. however, you are wrong in saying that Shanti would need to write one.
a script that does exactly that already exists in the "develop" directory of the code. i believe it was developed some time around beta-2, to help convert the handling of bbcode which was radically changed.
note: this directory is not included in the RC1 or even the beta distributions. it
is included in the cvs repository, as well as in the daily cvs snapshots.
note #2: i never actually used this script, so i can't personally attest to its suitability for the job, i only wanted to draw your attention to the fact that the script you describe was already written by acydburn. (btw: this script also does something you omitted: in addition to the posts' text, it also converts the signatures, which are kept in a different table).