Title: Missing tables problem
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Missing tables problem

 *  [amit_murat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amit_murat/)
 * (@amit_murat)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-solve-thisproblem/)
 * wp_posts: Table ‘first.wp_posts’ doesn’t exist
    wp_comments: Table ‘first.wp_comments’
   doesn’t exist wp_links: Table ‘first.wp_links’ doesn’t exist wp_options: Table‘
   first.wp_options’ doesn’t exist wp_postmeta: Table ‘first.wp_postmeta’ doesn’t
   exist wp_term_relationships: Table ‘first.wp_term_relationships’ doesn’t exist
   wp_commentmeta: Table ‘first.wp_commentmeta’ doesn’t exist

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 *  [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * (@wpranger)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-solve-thisproblem/#post-4700064)
 * Seems that you have `first.wp_` set at the table prefix in your wp-config.php.
   Does that correspond to your actual database?
 *  Thread Starter [amit_murat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amit_murat/)
 * (@amit_murat)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-solve-thisproblem/#post-4700296)
 * please help me for solve this problem
 *  [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * (@wpranger)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-solve-thisproblem/#post-4700297)
 * In your wp-config.php, that’s most likely in the root of your WordPress installation,
   there’s a file called `wp-config.php`
 * In that file, somewhere around line 62, you’ll find this:
 * `$table_prefix = 'wp_';`
 * Does that look like yours, or does it have this?
 * `$table_prefix = 'first.wp_';`
 *  Thread Starter [amit_murat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amit_murat/)
 * (@amit_murat)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-solve-thisproblem/#post-4700302)
 * $table_prefix = ‘first.wp_’;
    when i add this , it gives error
 * ERROR: $table_prefix in wp-config.php can only contain numbers, letters, and 
   underscores.
 * please solve this
 *  [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * (@wpranger)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-solve-thisproblem/#post-4700329)
 * So, the error is telling you that the prefix can only contain numbers, letters
   and underscores. Yours contains a period.
 * Login to your hosting and see if you can administrate your database from there.
   You usually can. See what the names of your database tables are. The prefix in
   wp-config.php should match the actual prefix in the database. If there’s a mis-
   match, correct it.
 * There’s a plugin to edit your prefix in the database:
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/db-prefix-change/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/db-prefix-change/)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-solve-thisproblem/#post-4700329)
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