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1. ShirouJune
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello, I recently decided to restore a blog I left on January this year, I have my backup as name_wp_en20080124_229.sql.gz which contains a sql inside. I am not sure, but I guess it was created by a version prior to 2.5.1. and emailed to me by the same wordpress tools (I wasn't using a plugin)

   Now I've installed WP2.7 and wanted to import that file, but it doesn't support XML anymore... it returns me an error... it says:

   Choose a WordPress WXR file to upload

   I am shocked as I have info from years in that backup... any ideas on how to fix this? please???? :(

2. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 3 years ago #

   An "SQL" backup is a direct backup of the database, it's not an XML file.

   You'll need to use another tool like phpMyAdmin to import that file.

3. ShirouJune
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I did as you said, thank you, worked. =)

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