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Reinstall won't work - "clear your old database tables first." (4 posts)

  1. mlundin
    Member
    Posted 3 weeks ago #

    Couldn't get WP install to work. Deleted files and reinstalled. Now when I go to http://www.femalebraingoneinsane.com/menopausehormonenews/wp-admin/install.php

    WP is telling me...

    You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first

    What old database tables specifically do I need to clear?

    PLEASE HELP! I have literally been trying to get this install to work all night. This is SO frustrating!!! grrr....

  2. songdogtech
    Member
    Posted 3 weeks ago #

    Go to your GoDaddy hosting control panel and open it. Go to Databases and manage MySQL. You can edit the database and either clean the tables with PHPMyAdmin. Or, if there's nothing in the database you want anymore, delete the database and start a new one, and then you'll need to enter the new DB address in your wp-config. Either way, you loose your blog content, but if it's brand new blog, ypu might not have anything in it.

  3. mlundin
    Member
    Posted 3 weeks ago #

    OHMYGOD THIS ACTUALLY WORKED!!!!!!!!!!

    Two Go Daddy techs... 22 different documents... 5 forum posts... 11 well-meaning but unhelpful responses... almost 10 hours... and more wild goosechases than I cared to keep track of...

    YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!!!!!!

    I'm so happy I could cry. Literally. You are my favorite person on all of planet earth right now. My gratitude could not be sufficiently expressed in a forum post.

    I wish you a weekend filled to overflowing with everything that you consider to be joyful and fulfilling. You deserve it because that is what you have just given to me.

    thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou

    HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. songdogtech
    Member
    Posted 3 weeks ago #

    (well, glad it worked. what can I say?... (humble))

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