Database Error then reset

  • hi everyone,
    My new blog was wonderful until my host had an unexpected system outage and my site was down for a few hours. When I tried to access my blog it was acting strange giving me the database error message but then popping up when I refreshed the page.

    Yesterday I got the database error log and couldn’t see my blog at all. This morning I opened the config file to check the database and all was fine. When I went to my blog, wordpress gave me the installation page. I installed it again but now all of my posts are gone. It is a brand new blog! again….

    My files are still on my site from my original blog. My plugins are also still in their folder. How do I fix this?

    https://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog

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  • I have no clue what happened to your blog, but it must’ve messed it up bad. Since you re-installed, your database has been cleared and unless you made a backup, you won’t be able to retrieve your old posts. I made that mistake before, but luckily I had posts in my other host, b2evo, and so I just did a bunch of copy and pasting.

    Thread Starter shadrieka

    (@shadrieka)

    thanks so much. that sucks..I did have the back up plugin installed. I’ll see if I can use that old file.

    Since you re-installed, your database has been cleared

    WordPress DOES NOT CLEAR the database. Assuming the database name and database host are the same, then two possible things may have happened:

    1. Someone (or host) DROPped the original tables.
    2. Or the ‘newly’ changed wp-config.php file has a different $table_prefix than the original wp-config.php.

    My guess is, if you look at your database using something like phpMyAdmin you will find the OLD tables. Then make the change to wp-config.php accordingly.

    Thread Starter shadrieka

    (@shadrieka)

    I replaced the wp-config file with the original one I saved on my machine. It didn’t do anything. Should I call my host? Or did I screw things up by reinstalling wordpress?

    What happens when you look at your database with phpMyAdmin?

    Thread Starter shadrieka

    (@shadrieka)

    sorry, I don’t see , phpMyAdmin anywhere on my dashboard. I looked at my config file through dreamweaver. I called my host this morning and they are going to try and restore the tables from one of their backup files.

    Thread Starter shadrieka

    (@shadrieka)

    My blog was working yesterday evening (the new one), but now I am getting the database error message. Any idea what is going on? Should I stop trying to host the blog on my server altogether?

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