Old database tables

  • Resolved kingfish65

    (@kingfish65)


    2 years, 6 months ago

    I noticed that when you do a restore from another site, the tables with the original prefix in the destination site are left in the database. I was surprised as the restore process warns that the existing database will be destroyed. I ended up just deleting the old tables manually and everything seems to work. I was wondering if this is working as intended?

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  • Plugin Author iClyde

    (@iclyde)

    Hi @kingfish65

    Our plugin will only replace tables that exist in the backup.

    E.g. If you have:
    Source website:
    wp1_postmeta
    wp1_post
    wp1_some_other_plugin_table

    Destination website:
    wp1_postmeta
    wp1_post
    wp2_private_data
    wp1_other_plugin_details

    After restoration destination website tables should be:
    wp1_postmeta (old data removed, replaced with backup contents)
    wp1_post (old data removed, replaced with backup contents)
    wp2_private_data (left as it was not related to source website)
    wp1_other_plugin_details (left as it was not related to source website)
    wp1_some_other_plugin_table (inserted using backup contents)

    Usually it’s not an issue if you use clean instance of WordPress for the migration. This is recommended state for restoration using our plugin.

    Let me know if you need more details ??
    Thank you!

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