Title: site database
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# site database

 *  [techstream](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techstream/)
 * (@techstream)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-database/)
 * Hi, im just about to add wp to my site, it already has a mysql database. Is it
   recommended to add wp to this database (if so will it overwrite my tables and
   or how can i avoid this?) or does it not matter? Thanks. TS.

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-database/#post-2536027)
 * That should be fine because WordPress will create new tables with your table 
   prefix and not disturb existing tables. So there should be no concern about overwriting
   existing tables.
 * Just make sure you use a table prefix that doesn’t and will not exist elsewhere
   in your database.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#table_prefix](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#table_prefix)
   
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Using_the_MySQL_Client](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Using_the_MySQL_Client)
 *  Thread Starter [techstream](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techstream/)
 * (@techstream)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-database/#post-2536053)
 * Superb, it worked like a treat. Thanks for the help. TS.

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