# Importing SMF 2 to discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-smf-2-to-discourse/55919>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 17, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-smf-2-to-discourse/55919 "2017-01-17T18:18:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-smf-2-to-discourse/55919/2 "2017-01-17T19:19:11Z")

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You should see [this thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importer-for-simple-machines-2-forums/17656/97).

Looks like the problem is that the script tries to sort all of the posts at once and runs out of memory. Most importers pull in only 1000 posts at a time, which keeps that from happening. It looks like there’s something strange about how topics are ordered.

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