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1. knotty
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Can you take a mysql db file created in say B2 or Nucleus, and restore it into a empty WP db?

   Thanks!

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I guess you can. Which doesn't mean it will work :)
   (I mean you can put anything in the db, but if it's not related to WP, the script and the DB won't "communicate".)

3. knotty
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   But what makes it related to a particular program? the filenames? is the difference too great to be practical?

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Differences: the table names, how the data is organized in the tables, columns, etc. Usually all the scripts that use DB create their own tables with a specific goal in mind and if the data is not organzied in the same way it is totally useless for another script.

5. Viper007Bond
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   If you have phpMyAdmin, browse around and you'll quickly realize how differently formatted the database structures are. ;)

6. knotty
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Ok, thanks, just what I wanted to know. Best to stay same program.

   By the way, do you know of a program what will convert the sql file to a formatted plain text file?

   Thanks!

7. skippy
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   A SQL backup should be a plain text file.

8. Viper007Bond
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   An .sql file is a text file, it just has a different file extension. Open it with your text editor.

   Best to stay same program.

   You know WordPress comes with a bunch of importers for converting the structure of your old data to WordPress' structure, right?

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