[wp-hackers] WP Developer Edition

[Jamie Talbot]

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deko wrote:
> Thanks.  I'm interested in how you will manage your plug-in data when WP
> is upgraded.  For example, when a user upgrades from 2.1.3 to 2.2
> (deactivating your plug-in in the process), what happens to the data in
> the plug-in specific table(s)?  I've read about the dbdelta function
> (thanks Jamie) http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_Tables_with_Plugins
> but that addresses upgrades to the plug-in table schema.  What happens
> when WP is upgraded to a new db schema?  Will plug-in specicific table
> data be persevered?  Or will the tables need to be exported and imported
> with phpMyAdmin after the upgrade?  Or would you simply script that
> process?

WordPress ignores any tables that aren't part of the core when it is upgrading, so you have nothing
to worry about.

Cheers,

Jamie.
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