I am feeling really dumb about now. How can I use the SourceForge search engine and limit my search to only the openEmr?
I have several questions that have likely been addressed in the passed. I frequent several forums, but all have search engines that are user (me) friendly.
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While I am asking questions, what do I need to do to get a fresh install of openEmr? I installed it a couple weeks ago (OpenEMR 3.0.0-rc1) and have been playing with it. I want to reinstall it when OpenEMR 3.0.1 is out, and start over from scratch…clean data base, etc.
I will gladly play around with 3.0.1 Do I need to remove my current version, as you outlined above, or can I just install it on top for now…?
I want to play around with it as much as possible in the next while before I ‘officially’ start using it. Currently I am only using the calendar, while I learn the other functionality.
You can keep your current version if you want, but it is simpler to remove it.
If you do indeed want to try to keep your current version you could try below (NOTE this is EXPERIMENTAL and you still may LOSE your previous openemr version data if something goes wrong):
1) unpackage into a different web directory (ie. openemrTwo)
2) if need to change file/dir permissions note this directory change in your commands
3) In STEP 2 of setup script, put new name (ie. ‘openemrTwo’) for ‘database name’ and ‘login name’. Also incorporate new name (ie. ‘openemrTwo’) into ‘Relative HTML Path’ instead of openemr.
This should in theory separate the two installations. Again, note you may lose your original openemr data if anything goes unexpectedly. Sorry for the caps above, just stressing this should only be done in a testing environment.
2 seperate installs works now that acl and ledger is integrated.
i would duplicate the current database in mysql in case the cpt, fees and other stuff is loaded already. run upgrade script (not sure if this is available at present) and than point the new install to the database.
like mentioned above need to have a new database in mysql with different login credential. to keep it simple username could be your installed version like openemr300 vs openemr301 etc. this avoids the problems in remembering the username in case something goes wrong.
is there a data merge script available in case 2 different versions are running in the same practice?
I will let you know how it all goes.
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I have lots to learn. Prior to entering health care, I did a lot of web development, mostly actionscript. Now, while my practice is new and small, I am learning php to more fully understand the workings of openEmr and to enable me to more easily customize it.
Luckily, php is proving quite easy. But, php, learning to talk to linux, building a new practice, and surviving in the meantime…all add up.
I am glad to see that there are so many here that openly help others. Looking forward to offering my contributions in the time to come.