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somewhere along line in 1 of updates every article has been stripped of its' author. don't know when didn't check point when updated. has happened on several dozen of sites. have happened between updating 3.5.1 , 3.6.2.

is there quick way add user articles in site in 1 fell swoop through phpmyadmin?

thanks

what errors seeing if any? i'm sure can update in phpmyadmin, , update query change id number in users table, following:

code: select all

update #_users set id='123' id='321';

the above saying replace instances of id "321" "123".
you need use appropriate table name , column (field) names.

see more update here: http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_update.asp

the thing can think of causes "missing" authors on articles if user deleted article still exists - joomla stil records user x created article, except user x no longer in system, because have been removed user manager.

that wouldn't happen result of updates joomla, it's strange identified happening across many sites , it's not one-off occurence.

is core system article manager or in k2?