# Migrating vBulletin 5 database - Import script errors

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-vbulletin-5-database-import-script-errors/249495
**Category:** Migration
**Tags:** vbulletin5
**Created:** [December 20, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-vbulletin-5-database-import-script-errors/249495 "2022-12-20T17:22:51Z")
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-vbulletin-5-database-import-script-errors/249495/5 "2022-12-20T19:30:59Z")

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> [@Crius](#):
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> paging @Canapin as he’s been in “Migration Vietnam”

Unfortunately, I didn’t keep track of what I’ve been tweaking in my previous imports so I have little knowledge. I now have a personal Discourse instance where I write this kind of stuff… I should have done that before!  
I’m more skilled in import stuff when I’m actually working on one.

As for destroying users, you may have wanted to use `UserDestroyer` through the rails console:

> [@Remove all users except admins or a few select users whichever is easier](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-all-users-except-admins-or-a-few-select-users-whichever-is-easier/249199/5):
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> UserDestroyer is what you should use. It will delete other data associated with the user. Don’t know why you’d get that error. You might restore your backup to before you started the delete and try the destroyer instead.

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