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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Encoding errors migrating a database from one host to another](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/encoding-errors-migrating-a-database-from-one-host-to-another/)
 *  [evaki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evaki/)
 * (@evaki)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/encoding-errors-migrating-a-database-from-one-host-to-another/#post-286710)
 * I have exactly the same problem…!
 * I have backed up some tables from the database (collation utf8_general_ci) just
   in case I screw something up -which I did- and when I try to import the tables
   from the backup all the characters are symbols!
 * The problem I think lies in the backing up proccess… The database exports the.
   sql file in a I-don’t-know-what encoding! I tried opening the .sql file with 
   all sorts of processors (including notepad++) but the characters appear as symbols…
 * Is there a way to fix it or should I have to put all the data by hand again? 
   🙁

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