Title: Error importing sql
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error importing sql

 *  [dannster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dannster/)
 * (@dannster)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-importing-sql/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m receiving a time-out error when importing a SQL backup using the Import function
   in MyPHPAdmin! I’ve been trying for hours – it spends ages loading then I get
   the error. Does anyone know how to successfully import the database without errors?!

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 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-importing-sql/#post-1055255)
 * What error are you getting? Is it just timing out or is it giving you a specific
   error message?
 * If your file is too large, then it may be timing out on you. In that case, you
   may need to take a different approach to import it…see the following video.
 * [http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=125](http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=125)
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-importing-sql/#post-1055260)
 * copy and paste out of the file. its a text file. Use the SQL tab.
 * Make the file smaller. if you look at the file in a text editor, its fairly clear
   where you can break stuff up.

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