Title: Database?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Database?

 *  [mike5697](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike5697/)
 * (@mike5697)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-43/)
 * Hello
 * I am helping a friend out with a new website. He has a current live Joomla site
   and I am replacing it with a new WordPress one. I have created a new folder inside
   the root folder and put all the wordpress files in there. I want to do this way
   so that the joomla site can stay live whilst I work on the WordPress site and
   then once it is complete I can remove the folders related to the old website.
 * Once all the wordpress files were in place I was taken to this page wordpress/
   wp-admin/setup-config.php that’s asks me for Database details, and this is where
   I am stumped? Do I need to create a database for the WordPress site? and if so
   will it be ok having two databases there? (one for the joomla site and one for
   the wordpress site?) If I do have to create a database how do I go about it?

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-43/#post-5954042)
 * > Do I need to create a database for the WordPress site?
 * yes.
 * > will it be ok having two databases there? (one for the joomla site and one 
   > for the wordpress site?)
 * should be so long both are independent installs with separate directories and
   database.
 * There is also this guide for migrating content from Joomlaa: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content#Joomla](https://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content#Joomla)
 *  [prasadneeraj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prasadneeraj/)
 * (@prasadneeraj)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-43/#post-5954258)
 * Hi
 * It’s not necessary to create separate database for WordPress. You can use same
   database. The default prefix of wordpress database is different from Joomla.
 * Thanks
 *  [nicejjtopk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicejjtopk/)
 * (@nicejjtopk)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-43/#post-5954260)
 * Please i just restored my backup database after upgrade of my wp to 4.1 and i
   got this error messages when i want to continue.
    any help pls. urgent thanks
 * (
    wp_users: Table ‘bioreportscms.wp_users’ doesn’t exist wp_usermeta: Table ‘
   bioreportscms.wp_usermeta’ doesn’t exist wp_posts: Table ‘bioreportscms.wp_posts’
   doesn’t exist wp_links: Table ‘bioreportscms.wp_links’ doesn’t exist wp_options:
   Table ‘bioreportscms.wp_options’ doesn’t exist wp_postmeta: Table ‘bioreportscms.
   wp_postmeta’ doesn’t exist wp_terms: Table ‘bioreportscms.wp_terms’ doesn’t exist
   wp_term_taxonomy: Table ‘bioreportscms.wp_term_taxonomy’ doesn’t exist wp_term_relationships:
   Table ‘bioreportscms.wp_term_relationships’ doesn’t exist )
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-43/#post-5954261)
 * **[@nicejjtopk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicejjtopk/)** – this is 
   not your thread – hijacking someone else’s thread is not how these forums work.
   Start by reading this:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post)
 * And start a new thread here:
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform)

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