I’m not sure what caused what caused my problems, but I managed to fix it this way. I installed WP as a fresh install, and then hand massaged my database backup to remove the table drops and creates and just left the table inserts. I then imported this partial backup into a clean wp install. This finally worked and I’m up and running. I think I’ll start with a fresh backup of the running site on GoDaddy this morning. Thanks for the help!
I’m sure I’ve got the hostname right, since when you click on the “install” link, it see’s there’s tables there and asks you to delete them before you install. The GoDaddy manager says I should be using mysql89.secureserver.net for the host name, and I am.
I’m moving from hosting at my house to hosting with GoDaddy. I did adjust the settings in my wp-config.php to reflect the new database host, user name, password, and database name.
