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1. councilmanic
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Okay, I had a WP 2.6 blog installed through the Fantastico option of my webhost, HostICan. It was running fine, until I attempted to upgrade to 2.6.3, again through Fantastico.

   At that point it wouldn't let me log in, saying the database needed to be upgraded now. When I clicked on Upgrade Database, it would think for a couple of minutes and then return a screen with the WordPress logo on it and nothing else.

   The instructions my webhost gave me for reinstalling looked like this:

   - Remove the directory /home/[username]/public_html/[domainname]/councilmanic
   - Untar/home/[username]/fantastico_backups/councilmanic.backup.1226659117.tgz
   - Empty the database [username]_wrdp1
   - Import the file /home/[username]/fantastico_backups/councilmanic/backup.sql into the database theagate_wrdp1
   - Move /home/[username]/fantastico_backups/councilmanic to /home/[username]/public_html/[domainname]/councilmanic

   I got as far as the fourth step before I was stymied.

   So, knowing there was a Fantastico backup, I deleted the WP 2.6 instance and installed a fresh version of WP 2.6.3.

   I still have this Fantastico backup, including the key file "backup.sql." Anyone have advice for me on getting this data back into a fresh install of WP?

   == Councilmanic

2. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   .sql files can usually be restored via phpMyAdmin.

   See: Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup

   You should also be able to use an editor such as NotePad+ to look at that file.

   Make sure you have a least one extra copy of that file if it is your only backup of your database. Note that hosts might also backup your databases.

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