Talk:Faq/copy parts of a running TYPO3 system to another server

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Only efficient when working on a clean fresh DB

Maybe we should enter some information, that importing / exporting this way is only one way to go, as it is only working on a clean fresh DB.

Let me explain this:

• When importing to an already built tree, PID of pages which are already in use at the target system will be imported but they will be counted up.
• So if you have already a page with PID lets say 10, and you're trying to import things in this tree, your page former known as PID 10 will become lets say PID 50.
• When having some links inside your content text elements in your imported structure like <link 10> these links will stay at 10 and will not be converted to <link 50> which would be nice.

So when importing a tree inside an existing tree, it is always kind of risk, because you may have to search through your imported tree and change all the links inside your content elements...