Deleting and reinstalling WP to latest alpha

  • I am feeling a bit timorous about doing a “clean” install from the last nightly to the new alpha-15. What is the best way to backup my data and delete the database in preparation for a re-install of WP and then the data?

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  • Use a different subdirectory, and a different table_prefix(in wp-config.php) for the alpha-15 install. That way you can have both running for a while.

    use phpmyadmin to keep a copy of the database…
    and use it in the new blog installed as per fargon’s instructions!

    Thread Starter Anonymous

    Thanks, I guess what I am not understanding is if I copy my current database and port it over to the new installation, wouldn’t it also port all the old tables, options, etc. that are no longer used or needed?

    I did both a clean new install and an upgrade install of 1.2 alpha-15. I note that the records in the respective wp_options tables bear certain dissimilarities. Particularly, some option_id values are associated with different option_name values. i.e. 99=ping_sites in the upgraded db, whereas 99=gmt_offset in the clean new db. This probably is the result of my manual change to fix the time_difference & comment_moderation conflict yesterday. I haven’t spent enough time to see if there are lots of differences, or just a few sporadic ones. Anyhow, my questions now: (1) are option_id values supposed to correlate with specific option_name values? (2) would a person be well advised to go forward with the clean new install with the fresh new tables, as opposed to carrying on with a merely upgraded alpha-15?

    There was a bug where the option ID could have an effect on things, but they shouldn’t matter at all in the latest builds.

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