Hi. I’ve imported data from a phpbb and I’m reworking all the categories.
How do I move or delete all the topics from:
Topic.where(category_id: XX).update_all(category_id: YY) but I don’t know how to delete topics this way)?Thank you.
I usually create an array with the category ID that I don’t want and modify the category importer to skip those categories and makes sure that the topic importer skips topics if the category doesn’t exist.
Hi, thank you for your reply.
Which file(s) should I modify? Is such a modification quick and straightforward or does it need work to be functional?
If I can avoid re-importing my forum I’d prefer though.
Also, I noticed that after moving some posts with Topic.where(category_id: XX).update_all(category_id: YY) the number of messages was not updated and it seems that it couldn’t be either from sidekiq tasks. Also, it moved the “about this category” topic which can’t be deleted.
I guess this is a more proper way to do so: https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-combine-merge-categories-when-importing-topics/21353/6 but it doesn’t tell me how to properly delete all messages from a category, just how to move them.
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