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Need to back up from xml or sql file; don't have phpMyAdmin or Cpanel (2 posts)

  1. tracyberna
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    Posted 2 years ago #

    I was hired to uninstall everything from a client's server, reinstall WP and restore the db. When I logged into his hosting site I found an EXTREMELY limited control panel - I don't know *what* it's powered by - with no phpMyAdmin. The MySQL manager set up they have has no import function that I can see.

    I exported the db in three different forms (.xml, .csv and .sql), thinking one of those would work for my purposes. (Should have checked, I suppose.) I installed WP 2.8.6 and, since I couldn't restore anything through the hosting control panel, figured I'd do it through the Tools menu of WP. Except it wants a WXR file, which somehow is news to me - I don't know what WP version I was using the last time I restored a db, but I don't remember ever encountering that.

    Is there any way I can alter or convert one of the files I have to work with the WP import feature?

  2. tracyberna
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Bumping

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