need more details, info, ... ;-)

sure, what kind of details?

I upgraded from 1.5 to 1.6.1, followed the directions http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/Upgrading_Elgg

which did not say to protect the settings.php file.

here is what i put

    // Database username
            $CONFIG->dbuser = 'heartifb_user';
           
        // Database password
            $CONFIG->dbpass = 'password';

        // Database name
            $CONFIG->dbname = 'heartifb_database';
           
        // Database server
        // (For most configurations, you can leave this as 'localhost')
            $CONFIG->dbhost = 'localhost';
           
        // Database table prefix
        // If you're sharing a database with other applications, you will want to use this
        // to differentiate Elgg's tables.
            $CONFIG->dbprefix = 'elgg';

and the elgg installed ok... but none of my users are in it.

is there another file i have to alter to tell elgg where to get the information?

if this is yr prior settings.php - u r ok.

need to elaborate on "...seem to have lost my users" !!! l-)

well I used to have 6,000+ users, with profiles, groups, pages, galleries, etc...

now there is just me.

do i need to perform some kind of migration?

everything is still in the dabase...

still not make sufficient **technical** sense.. can you see the users in elgg users entity db table ? on the elgg entities table ?

yep.. except in my database it's called "memusers_entity"

that was it! for some reason my dbprefix was mem and not elgg...thanks!

you're welcome.. just remember to come back and say 'thank you' - that's all.. i no longer have a (sic) 'donate' button.. lolz ;-O enjoy yr site x 6000 users then..

thanks.

:)