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techstream
(@techstream)

14 years, 4 months ago

Hi, im just about to add wp to my site, it already has a mysql database. Is it recommended to add wp to this database (if so will it overwrite my tables and or how can i avoid this?) or does it not matter? Thanks. TS.

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Moderator Jan Dembowski
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14 years, 4 months ago

That should be fine because WordPress will create new tables with your table prefix and not disturb existing tables. So there should be no concern about overwriting existing tables.

Just make sure you use a table prefix that doesn’t and will not exist elsewhere in your database.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#table_prefix
http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Using_the_MySQL_Client

Thread Starter techstream
(@techstream)

14 years, 4 months ago

Superb, it worked like a treat. Thanks for the help. TS.

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