Title: Database Backup Format Strange
Last modified: May 16, 2017

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# Database Backup Format Strange

 *  Resolved [Lab41](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lab41/)
 * (@lab41)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-format-strange/)
 * Hi
 * I’m having issues with the database backup.
 * I see the file format is .COM which can’t be imported into the PHPMYADMIN
    [http://docs.backwpup.com/article/127-how-to-restore-a-wordpress-backup](http://docs.backwpup.com/article/127-how-to-restore-a-wordpress-backup)
 * The backup format is
    TAR.GZIP
 * How do I restore a backup in this format?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Brandon Olivares](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cocreation/)
 * (@cocreation)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-format-strange/#post-9136594)
 * Hi [@lab41](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lab41/), are you saying your 
   database backup has a .com extension? That would definitely be odd, as it should
   be .sql. Can you please confirm this?
 * If you open up the file, do you see SQL statements?
 * You should just be able to upload the file into phpMyAdmin, if you have uncompressed
   it.
 *  Thread Starter [Lab41](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lab41/)
 * (@lab41)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-format-strange/#post-9136601)
 * [@cocreation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cocreation/) – I’ve read up
   on it. I had it .tar.zip and unzipped it and it was a .com extension. I’ve now
   changed the compression to .zip which is easier to import.
 * Thanks!
    Alex
 *  Plugin Contributor [Brandon Olivares](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cocreation/)
 * (@cocreation)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-format-strange/#post-9136713)
 * Okay, glad to hear it’s working now. It may have been something odd with the 
   program used to uncompress.

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 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-format-strange/#post-9136713)
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