just a side note here, I went and did a completely fresh install, new database and used the 6.5.1b5 files. The install went fine until it came time to create all the tables. It would not create the table w3t_ContentIslands, so I ended up creating it manually. It gave an error message about something like "undefined value for C". Sorry for being vague on this one, but was the same message I received when doing the upgrade.
Both the fresh install and the upgrade did not create the table w3t_SearchResults . I also noticed when doing a dump of the original database, that it is 249MB, while the dump of this same database after the upgrade process is only 184MB. Is this normal? Just not sure if I can trust the upgraded database.
Thanks,
Chuck