Title: Backup question
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Backup question

 *  [Will Taft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wt/)
 * (@wt)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-question-1/)
 * This page of the codex says when using phpMyAdmin to backup, check the “complete
   inserts” box and to check the box for “use hexidecimal for binary fields”:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups#Backing_Up_Your_WordPress_Site](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups#Backing_Up_Your_WordPress_Site)
 * This codex page says to not check either box:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database)
 * Which is correct?

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 *  [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/)
 * (@mercime)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-question-1/#post-868998)
 * [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/backup/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/backup/)
   
   All friends and clients were able to follow this instruction which has also been
   included in Codex.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-question-1/#post-868999)
 * I guess both could be correct – depending on your server’s settings.
 * The following is not intended to be an excuse for providing contradictory instructions
   in the Codex but, please, be aware that the Codex is a community effort compiled
   by tens if not hundreds of contributors, and their experience and/or server settings
   may be drastically different.
 * I can also second mercime’s opinion: that tutorial always worked for me, too.
   The only things I make sure before a backup: to have checked both data and structure
   and to have it saved as a file (to be able to manipulate and/or easily save on
   my HD).

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-question-1/#post-868999)
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