# Reset after running migration script?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-after-running-migration-script/281224>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Tags:** vanilla\
**Created:** [October 5, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-after-running-migration-script/281224 "2023-10-05T22:29:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![MikeD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@MikeD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikeD)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-after-running-migration-script/281224/2 "2023-10-07T00:26:33Z")

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I found one workaround that’s not halfway bad - as I’m improving my parser which cleans up the import file from Vanilla, I tend to focus on mistakes that occur i specific posts.

So as I improve my parser, I can stop the parser in the debugger (I’m using Xojo, for what it’s worth) and get the Raw Text.

Then, in the live discourse forum, I can simply add a new post, paste the text in, and see how it looks.

This allows me to do a test/debug/change cycle of a few seconds, rather than an hour or so.

My new plan: after I’m happy with my parser cleanup, then I’ll nuke the Discourse and re-install from scratch.

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