My previous webhost went belly up without notice. I am now trying to get my blog back up to speed. I don not remember the version I was running on the old site but it was around 2.5 or so. I now have a new host and have 2.84 up and running. Can I / How do I restore the mysql backup I have?
I looked through the forums and Codex but don't see an answer I can use. While not a newbie to computing I know little about mysql - php - etc. Thanks in advance!
[resolved] Restore from older mysql (5 posts)
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jackie
Posted 2 months ago # -
dtiger2k
Posted 2 months ago #Log in to your hosting server, open your database phpmyadmin. Once you are in phpMyAdmin, follow the instructions below on how to import a .sql or .php database file.
Click on the SQL window from the top navigation bar.
Browse to the file on your local computer (Max. size is about 8 MB).
Click Go to import your file to your current database. -
Posted 2 months ago #OK - Thanks! I got the old posts imported. I didn't stop to realize that it would overwrite a lot of things that I had already tweaked on the new setup. My problem now is: when I try to import the few post I had made in the new blog I receive the error "Unable to create directory /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs/blog/wp-content/" I think the problem may have something to do with the fact that the blog is actually at mysite.com/blog. It redirects fine. There must be a setting internally that I need to change? BTW this error comes even though the CMOD is at 777.
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Posted 2 months ago #I figured it out. I wasn't paying close enough attention to the path it was giving. What I thought I saw was not what it was. Anyway, thanks for the awesome help.
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Posted 2 months ago #No problem, glad you got it fixed.
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