moving to new server problem

  • meethere

    (@meethere)


    16 years, 3 months ago

    Hi
    I want to move my site http://www.winebynine.com to a new server. The version is 2.5 wordpress.
    What I did is took the files and database backup from old host.

    Now, on new hosting, I installed wordpress 2.9.1 via fantastico, uploaded wp-content and other files, and imported the old database backup via phpmyadmin..

    Now I am getting installation screen http://winebynine.com/wp-admin/install.php ?

    PS – my old database doesn’t contain “wp-” in the table names.. like its “users” only instead of “wp-users”

    please help

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  • Mark Ratledge

    (@songdogtech)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    Did you correctly enter your old database name and table name in wp-config.php?

    Thread Starter meethere

    (@meethere)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    @songdogtech – I installed a fresh blog and imported database, so there is no question of updating config .. but where is table name in config file?

    Chris_K

    (@handysolo)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    In your wp-config.php what do you have specified for prefix?

    Mark Ratledge

    (@songdogtech)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    Using phpmyadmin, what are your table prefixes now? Did your database really get imported OK?

    Thread Starter meethere

    (@meethere)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    @chris_K – i have not edited wp-config.php (just installed fresh v 2.9.1 via fantastico – dropped new database, uploaded old database)

    @songdogtech – table prefixes are all without “wp-” (like old v 2.5 database ) yes i think they must have imported ok

    Thread Starter meethere

    (@meethere)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    can anybody help on this ? 🙁

    Chris_K

    (@handysolo)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    I’ll try to rephrase my earlier question.

    Are you positive that your db tables are using the same prefix as what the previous version used? You don’t have twice as many tables as you’d expect?

    Thread Starter meethere

    (@meethere)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    @Chris_k – no, previous version has no “wp-_” prefix… I installed new wordpress which had “wp-” prefix – I dropped all those tables – currently no prefixes….
    no duplicate tables..

    can/should I add prefixes? how to rename tables?

    Chris_K

    (@handysolo)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    No no, don’t change anything yet.

    In your current wp-config.php, what do you have for the
    $table_prefix
    line?

    Thread Starter meethere

    (@meethere)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    @chris – the table_prefix was “wp_”
    I removed it and it’s working now.. wooho…
    I was not aware about this setting..

    Thanks all. 🙂

    Chris_K

    (@handysolo)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    Yay us! Congrats and happy blogging.

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