Title: Importing a sql backup
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Importing a sql backup

 *  [anirokker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anirokker/)
 * (@anirokker)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-a-sql-backup/)
 * I recently moved my site to a new domain and was trying to get my backup onto
   my new server and got a Access denied for user. I’m using phpMyAdmin.
 * I can still access the old database, so if I need to fix the copy, that isn’t
   a problem. I would really like these posts back and would greatly appreciate 
   anyone’s help.

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-a-sql-backup/#post-476384)
 * This helps?
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database#Restoring_From_a_Backup](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database#Restoring_From_a_Backup)
 *  [seanrox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seanrox/)
 * (@seanrox)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-a-sql-backup/#post-476385)
 * phpMyAdmin has a 2 mb file size limit. If your database is bigger then that, 
   you’ll need to import it via the command line using SSH or ask your host to do
   it for you.
 *  Thread Starter [anirokker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anirokker/)
 * (@anirokker)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-a-sql-backup/#post-476388)
 * Do you have a suggestion for a command line program? Or should I just use putty.
 * It’s well under the file size it just keeps giving me the Access denied for user
   error. Could it be that I have backed it up from another server and am trying
   to install it on a new one?
 *  [seanrox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seanrox/)
 * (@seanrox)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-a-sql-backup/#post-476448)
 * I use putty myself.
 * Pending how you did your backup, it should just drop into your new database on
   the new server.

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 * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/)
 * [sql](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sql/)

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