I've been informed by my web hosting company that I have to upgrade all my mysql4 databases to mysql5.
This forum currently runs on version 4, and I'm not entirely sure that it will work on version 5. The forum software itself is so old that I can't update it to a newer version without running the risk of losing all posts made in the last however many years.
I shall give it a go, and hope for the best
In the meantime the forum is LOCKED. I have no idea how long this may take! (or if it will even work!)