Title: Database Repair Failed
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Database Repair Failed

 *  [HunterHawley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hunterhawley/)
 * (@hunterhawley)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-repair-failed-2/)
 * I do not know why it is looking for these with little _1_’s in front of them,
   but where can I change that?
 * I am trying to do a multisite.
 * wp_1_posts: Table ‘school.wp_1_posts’ doesn’t exist
    wp_1_comments: Table ‘school.
   wp_1_comments’ doesn’t exist wp_1_links: Table ‘school.wp_1_links’ doesn’t exist
   wp_1_options: Table ‘school.wp_1_options’ doesn’t exist wp_1_postmeta: Table ‘
   school.wp_1_postmeta’ doesn’t exist wp_1_terms: Table ‘school.wp_1_terms’ doesn’t
   exist wp_1_term_taxonomy: Table ‘school.wp_1_term_taxonomy’ doesn’t exist wp_1_term_relationships:
   Table ‘school.wp_1_term_relationships’ doesn’t exist wp_1_commentmeta: Table ‘
   school.wp_1_commentmeta’ doesn’t exist

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 *  [Shawn Hooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shooper/)
 * (@shooper)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-repair-failed-2/#post-5284526)
 * Hi HunterHawley,
 * In a WordPress Multisite installation, each site uses it’s own set of tables,
   named with the format: <prefix>_<site_number>_<table_name>, so in this case, 
   wp_1_posts would be the posts table for your first site.
 * Are you trying to do a new installation of Multisite, or upgrade an existing 
   WordPress installation to Multisite?
 *  Thread Starter [HunterHawley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hunterhawley/)
 * (@hunterhawley)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-repair-failed-2/#post-5284550)
 * I am upgrading from an existing WordPress install that I have already customized.
   What are the steps to make this work?
 *  [Shawn Hooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shooper/)
 * (@shooper)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-repair-failed-2/#post-5284552)
 * I haven’t personally done this as an upgrade, yet, but these directions looks
   pretty good:
 * [https://premium.wpmudev.org/manuals/wpmu-manual-2/creating-a-network-to-enable-wordpress-multisite/](https://premium.wpmudev.org/manuals/wpmu-manual-2/creating-a-network-to-enable-wordpress-multisite/)

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 * Last reply from: [Shawn Hooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shooper/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-repair-failed-2/#post-5284552)
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