Title: Hi, I seem to be having a database error problem
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Hi, I seem to be having a database error problem

 *  [billbowman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billbowman/)
 * (@billbowman)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hello-74/)
 * I am not even sure what happened, but these are the errors I am getting. I have
   tried to change out the theme and also replaced the files that are showing with
   the originals from the theme files. Doesn’t seem to make a difference. The site
   seems to be working fine as far as the user sees it. But I am trying to make 
   a backup of the site to move it to another server and it will not let me make
   a backup due to the database errors. Has anyone seen this error before or would
   you have a suggestion on a fix? Thanks!
 * Warning: mysql_real_escape_string(): No such file or directory in /homepages/
   24/d372021380/htdocs/app412556679/wp-content/themes/mystile/functions/admin-interface.
   php on line 111
 * Warning: mysql_real_escape_string(): A link to the server could not be established
   in /homepages/24/d372021380/htdocs/app412556679/wp-content/themes/mystile/functions/
   admin-interface.php on line 111

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hello-74/#post-5279008)
 * Try [downloading WordPress](http://wordpress.org/download/) again and delete 
   then replace your copies of everything **except** the `wp-config.php` file and
   the `/wp-content/` directory with fresh copies from the download. This will effectively
   replace all of your core files without damaging your content and settings. Some
   uploaders tend to be unreliable when overwriting files, so don’t forget to delete
   the original files before replacing them.
 *  Thread Starter [billbowman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billbowman/)
 * (@billbowman)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hello-74/#post-5279188)
 * Thanks I will give that a try.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hello-74/#post-5279192)
 * You’re welcome, please let us know how it goes!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hello-74/#post-5279192)
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