PM module really has two options - flat files or mySQL, but if you move from one to the other, the data kept in one module won't be transferred automatically.
To transfer it, you really would need to program a special script, but in general, you may just inform your users that you will swap the data and they should save it some way (or Export like it's provided in the recent version of this add-on).
I don't think PM are the most important part of forums, you need more public content for ads and search engines :-) |