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: One category (well I’m aware of Topic.where(category_id: XX).update_all(category_id: YY) but I don’t know how to delete topics this way)? Multiples categories? All the subcategor…

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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(ca…

A few questions about batch moving or deleting topics

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Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin) December 10, 2020, 1:43pm 6

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A few questions about batch moving or deleting topics

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