Title: Backup Database does not work
Last modified: April 14, 2017

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# Backup Database does not work

 *  [valedelsol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpress2075/)
 * (@wordpress2075)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-database-does-not-work/)
 * Hi
    The database backup (including plugin Wordfence Security tables) seem to 
   be UTF8 but binary cannot be imported by HeidiSQL. HeidiSQL Backup with binary
   in Hex works at Import.
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by [valedelsol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpress2075/).
      Reason: carification of issue

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Brandon Olivares](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cocreation/)
 * (@cocreation)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-database-does-not-work/#post-9030314)
 * Hi [@wordpress2075](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpress2075/). I believe
   I was helping you with this issue in the support forum. The files are indeed 
   in UTF8, but depending on the software you use to import, sometimes the special
   characters can become corrupted. We are planning on encoding all binary data 
   as hex values for MySQL, and that should fix your issue.
 *  Thread Starter [valedelsol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpress2075/)
 * (@wordpress2075)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-database-does-not-work/#post-9030467)
 * Thanks. I have clarified my problem above (edit).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by [valedelsol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpress2075/).
 *  Plugin Contributor [Brandon Olivares](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cocreation/)
 * (@cocreation)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-database-does-not-work/#post-9030507)
 * Thanks. We’re well aware of the issue and once again, will be changing the way
   database backups are done so that binary data is encoded as hexadecimal. That
   should solve your problem once released.

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