So via this;
http://wiki.mybb.com/index.php/Database_Restore
Quote:Restoring a backup with phpMyAdmin
1. To restore a database, you click the SQL tab (on newer versions of phpMyAdmin there is an "Import" tab).
2. On the "SQL"-page , unclick the show query here again.
3. Browse to your backup of the database.
4. Click "Go".
Is there any fine text in between these steps, or is it really that simple?
Anything I should know before doing this?
Thanks
" ... is it really that simple? " <-- yes
Yes its very simple.
Anything I should know before doing this?
Just make sure you created new database, in that only you're gonna import it.
So I can't import to my original mybb database?
Everytime we restore databases we need to create a brand new one, and import the backup to it?
Do I need to...
- create another database
- install another mybb for that database
? Thanks
^ your backup doesn't consist of database creation code AND its user permissions ...
make a new database ; add user permissions ; AND import the tables of backup database
Alright so I made a new database with the user and its permissions.
Now what?
I still need to...
1. Import the backup of my old database
2. How do I connect it to my domain/url?
3. Do I need to download another mybb install?
^
1. it is clearly given in your referred thread (post #1) !!
2. you have to edit inc/config.php file with database details
$config['database']['type'] = 'mysqli';
$config['database']['database'] = 'mybb';
$config['database']['table_prefix'] = 'mybb_';
$config['database']['hostname'] = 'localhost';
$config['database']['username'] = '_______';
$config['database']['password'] = '_______';
Sweet...!!
@ ranjani & crazy4cs ... you know I love you now
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Its back to how it was, do I need to do anything else?
Probably should backup this one now while I'm at it.
Yes its fine, do backup it in case you want to make any changes in future, and thanks.
Your welcome...
One more thing, I was going to install my previous mods I had before, though I noticed that in my pluggins tab the mods that were installed before are still in there, albiet "not installed yet"
I am just wondering how come the mods are there and not installed/activated yet?
Is it because the files are already in my /folder area in cpanel and all I need to do is activate them?