I have created a website using LocalWP and everything was fine, but now I’m trying to host it for real and well… I wouldn’t be there if everything was fine.
I have to admit that I’m only a webdesigner, and so have little understanding of databases; but this time everything falls on me, and I’m in a bit over my head.
I didn’t even know that the website files and its database were handled separately by the hoster, for ewample.
I installed duplicator on my wordpress, and it seemed to work. Except when I try to open the site it says “Error while trying to connect to database”. And that’s when my limited knowledge shows. I have tried uploading the package created by duplicator and also the integrated Adminer in Local but it seems they both export non adequate files.
Non of them contain the exptected files (wp_commentmeta, comments, links, etc).
So if someone could explain to me what I need to do to export a correct database to then upload it in myphpadmin, it would be greatly appreciated, thanks !
]]>My questions is (before I start researching how):
Should I connect the wordpress to the old database? Will that work? Or would it be better to export the old database as cvs and import it into the new wordpress site?
Thank you for your time
K
]]>These instructions are adapted from some of the results found.
You may export or import data from your MySQL database using phpMyAdmin. A link to phpMyAdmin can be found in your hosts control panel (cPanel or Plesk depending on your hosting package).
Finding phpMyAdmin in your Control Panel (BASIC cPanel and Plesk Instuctions)
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cPanel
- Login to cPanel.
- There will be an icon for phpMyAdmin in the Databases section. This will take you to phpMyAdmin.
- The list of available databases will be listed on the left hand side once you get into phpMyAdmin.
Plesk
- Login to Plesk.
- Click on the Website & Domains tab at the top.
- Click on Databases in the list of functions.
- Click on the database you wish to access.
- Click on WebAdmin in the Tools section.
- phpMyAdmin will open to the screen for administrating the database you selected.
Export Your Database
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- Select your database from the list on the left.
- Click on “Export” from the top set of tabs.
- Select the tables from the list that you would like to back up. If you want to back up the entire database, click “Select All.”
- Make sure both the “Structure” and “Data” boxes are selected on the right. They should be, by default.
- In the Structure section, check the “Add DROP TABLE / DROP VIEW” box if you want this export to be able to replace existing tables of the same name. If you want to merge this backup with another database, do not select this.
- Check the “Save as file” box. Also select a compression option (such as “gzipped”) if you want to compress the backup before downloading it from the server.
- Click the “Go” button, and, at the prompt, save the file to your local computer.
Import A Database
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- In phpMyAdmin, select your database from the list on the left.
- Click on “Import” from the top set of tabs.
- Click on the “Browse” button next to “Location of the text file.”
- Browse to your local SQL file and click “Open.” If it is a zipped file, please unzip the file first.
- Click the “Go” button at the bottom. Wait while your database imports. Depending on the size, this can take a few minutes.
- You should get a message like this:
“Import has been successfully finished, X queries executed.”
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]]>The domain name of the blog will not change. The only thing that is changing is the IP address of the new server I am moving the blog to.
Question:
How do I move the blog from one server to another? How do I export the database without CPanel?
Thanks
]]>I’ve a working wordpress website in a bluehost hosting.
I’m trying to migrate to godaddy. After exporting database from bluehost and trying to import it to godaddy, I get this error:
{
Error
SQL query:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link rel="icon" href="./favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="./favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <title>phpMyAdmin</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="phpmyadmin.css.php?server=1&token=6966799c25798a14ed63f4d251d82d5d&js_frame=right&nocache=5409463157" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="print.css" media="print" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./themes/pmahomme/jquery/jquery-ui-1.8.custom.css" /> <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" /> <script src="./js/cross_framing_protection.js?ts=1344778698" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="./js/jquery/jquery-1.4.4.js?ts=1344778[...]
MySQL said: Documentation
#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"https://www.w' at line 1
}I’m not sure what is that error and what is the reason of the error, I mean either a problem in my database, or either hostings? taking in consideration that the same database is still live and working fine in bluehost.
Thanks,
Best Regards..
]]>I currently have a blog with WordPress.com (the free version)
If i want to export the database of that Blog what will i need to do?
Do i simply upgrade my account to a paid version?
If you upgrade your WordPress blog to paid, do you get the option to do that?
Thanks
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