Title: create database
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# create database

 *  [kulak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kulak/)
 * (@kulak)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-database/)
 * I put word press in htdocs,
    now I have to create database and upload it into
   SQLite manager I have not clue what to upload. The instructions of wordpress 
   site do not seem to relate to MAMP I had previously installed MAMP and wordpress
   very easily and it worked but tmay upgrades upset things,

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 *  [RichardWPG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardwpg/)
 * (@richardwpg)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-database/#post-2825084)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Step_2:_Create_the_Database_and_a_User](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Step_2:_Create_the_Database_and_a_User)
 *  Thread Starter [kulak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kulak/)
 * (@kulak)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-database/#post-2825085)
 * Thanks.
    I have tried to read and understand that but I am afraid I could not
   relate to it at all. I was trying to use WordPress on my home computer before
   on host as I am new to it and I have some ubderstanding of CSS as I used Dreamweaver
   but cannot afford for myself now and it was time comsuming. I don’t know anything
   about PHP or databases.
 * I do not understand what database I upload.
    Okay I can make up name for it. 
   But in this version of Mamp things are not configured for me and I have to upload
   an actual datanase and I need to understand what databse this actually is. I 
   have put wordpress in htdocs which is what I did last time but last time Word
   press configured a the file with MAMP and it really was easy.But then there were
   upgrades which seem to have detached wordpress from MAMP and I was upset and 
   spent ages trying to work out and eventually gave up and so tried to reload MAMP
   and WordPress and I do not understand what to do. .
 *  [jklupfel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jklupfel/)
 * (@jklupfel)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-database/#post-2825086)
 * are you trying to move a wordpress installation from your loacl machine to a 
   webserver?
 * If so, you need to create a new database and upload your tables.
 * Usually you can do this in the hosting backend…
 *  Thread Starter [kulak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kulak/)
 * (@kulak)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-database/#post-2825088)
 * No, I am trying to use WP on local host. I am not trying ro use wordpress on 
   a hosting server but on my own computer.
    I recently managaged to install MAMP
   with wordpress on my computer and it was working till I installed the ugrades.
   Suddenly I found that I could not access WordPress. MAMP appeeared to be working
   but no WordPress. I did not know what to do about this could not understand it
   so in desperation uninstalled everything and reinstalled. MAMP said it had installed
   successfully.I put WordPress in htdocs like I had done last time but there was
   not automatic configiration like there had been last time and i was hoping I 
   would somehow work it out. In SQlit manager in create databse I typed “wordpress”
   like I done before but this time i was required to upload stabase (to SQmanagar
   to the local server ) but not know where to got for it and I was hoping that 
   someone could tell me.
 *  [jklupfel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jklupfel/)
 * (@jklupfel)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-database/#post-2825094)
 * well, if you reinstalled MAMP you should be able to just start from scratch
    
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP)
 * is that what you are after?
 *  Thread Starter [kulak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kulak/)
 * (@kulak)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-database/#post-2825102)
 * I did reinstall MAMP only this time I could not connect it up with WordPress 
   and it looks to me as if this might be something to do with the fact that I have
   to go into SQLite manager and when asked to creats a database it is not enough
   to type “WORDPRESS but I have to upload – give the directory path to an acual
   database and I wwas very much hoping that someone might be able to help me with
   this. But it looks like I have to give up.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [kulak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kulak/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-database/#post-2825102)
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