Title: Database Error then reset
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Database Error then reset

 *  [shadrieka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadrieka/)
 * (@shadrieka)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-then-reset/)
 * hi everyone,
    My new blog was wonderful until my host had an unexpected system
   outage and my site was down for a few hours. When I tried to access my blog it
   was acting strange giving me the database error message but then popping up when
   I refreshed the page.
 * Yesterday I got the database error log and couldn’t see my blog at all. This 
   morning I opened the config file to check the database and all was fine. When
   I went to my blog, wordpress gave me the installation page. I installed it again
   but now all of my posts are gone. It is a brand new blog! again….
 * My files are still on my site from my original blog. My plugins are also still
   in their folder. How do I fix this?
 * [http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog](http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog)

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 *  [yourworldwired](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yourworldwired/)
 * (@yourworldwired)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-then-reset/#post-783545)
 * I have no clue what happened to your blog, but it must’ve messed it up bad. Since
   you re-installed, your database has been cleared and unless you made a backup,
   you won’t be able to retrieve your old posts. I made that mistake before, but
   luckily I had posts in my other host, b2evo, and so I just did a bunch of copy
   and pasting.
 *  Thread Starter [shadrieka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadrieka/)
 * (@shadrieka)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-then-reset/#post-783574)
 * thanks so much. that sucks..I did have the back up plugin installed. I’ll see
   if I can use that old file.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-then-reset/#post-783580)
 * > Since you re-installed, your database has been cleared
 * WordPress DOES NOT CLEAR the database. Assuming the database name and database
   host are the same, then two possible things may have happened:
 * 1. Someone (or host) DROPped the original tables.
    2. Or the ‘newly’ changed 
   wp-config.php file has a different $table_prefix than the original wp-config.
   php.
 * My guess is, if you look at your database using something like [phpMyAdmin](http://codex.wordpress.org/phpMyAdmin)
   you will find the OLD tables. Then make the change to wp-config.php accordingly.
 *  Thread Starter [shadrieka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadrieka/)
 * (@shadrieka)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-then-reset/#post-783582)
 * I replaced the wp-config file with the original one I saved on my machine. It
   didn’t do anything. Should I call my host? Or did I screw things up by reinstalling
   wordpress?
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-then-reset/#post-783603)
 * What happens when you look at your database with phpMyAdmin?
 *  Thread Starter [shadrieka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadrieka/)
 * (@shadrieka)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-then-reset/#post-783612)
 * sorry, I don’t see , phpMyAdmin anywhere on my dashboard. I looked at my config
   file through dreamweaver. I called my host this morning and they are going to
   try and restore the tables from one of their backup files.
 *  Thread Starter [shadrieka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadrieka/)
 * (@shadrieka)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-then-reset/#post-783695)
 * My blog was working yesterday evening (the new one), but now I am getting the
   database error message. Any idea what is going on? Should I stop trying to host
   the blog on my server altogether?

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 * Last reply from: [shadrieka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadrieka/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-then-reset/#post-783695)
 * Status: not resolved

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