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trying to rebuild form backup but database names are different -Help!

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pwarnaby:
yes i have created a database on new server.

ok a little out of my depth , how do i open a .sql dump file ? access ?

Gary:
Any text editor, like Notepad++ or ConTEXT will do.

cicka:

--- Quote from: pwarnaby on July 31, 2012, 12:43:54 PM ---I was then read the instructions! it seems teh new database has to have the same name as the old database.


--- End quote ---

You do not need to have the same name for the database. You can create a new database with whatever name you like and then make sure to update the info for the database at the settings.php file.

pwarnaby:
thanks gary

just trying to unzip the dump file first , its used gzip and cant locate gunzip

pwarnaby:
ok that seems to have worked thanks for your advice , it didnt actually tell me it uploaded and i cant see any posts in teh forum yet but it feels liek im moving forward

thanks again for you help

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