At an undetermined point in the import process, I just received an error akin to ‘The Import procedure could not be completed’. That was literally all the output I received. Upon a quick check in the Database, nothing had happened.
Yet I was able to create Posts and Pages manually, which told me that the .config was fine and the MySQL user had proper access rights.
That was my original thought – but I had already attempted that (by creating a new MySQL Database and editing the .config to refer to the new Database) and upon the Import of the .XML file (which has imported at least a half-dozen times locally fine on new installations), the procedure broke.
My thought being that it was having an issue with existing WP files in the WP directories (content, mayhap?). From that, I’m figuring that I’d rather nuke the installation ‘from orbit’ to make sure I start with a clean foundation. No cobwebs. No mess.
