Title: Nuked SQL Database, Need Some Advice
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Nuked SQL Database, Need Some Advice

 *  [bonneraaron18](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bonneraaron18/)
 * (@bonneraaron18)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nuked-sql-database-need-some-advice/)
 * Alrighty, kind of a long story:
 * I started dabbling with WordPress about 4 months ago and since them I’ve learned
   just enough to get into big trouble. That’s exactly what happened.
 * I was trying to edit the footer.php file for one of my “play” sites (Where I 
   can experiment with WordPress), and I was given a parse error regarding the T_String.
   That error locked me out (Whenever I tried to revert my changes, I was forced
   to the error screen again).
 * Stupid me then decided to try to wipe and reinstall WordPress to start over, 
   which ultimately was successful, but then I wanted to restore my website data.
   Problem is, I cleared out files manually in FTP too (Thinking it was all part
   of a clean reinstall. I have a backup from December, so I was going to restore
   that. I went through cPanel to phpMyAdmin to import the SQL backup. Upon import,
   I received error #1064 that there was invalid syntax in a file I was trying to
   import.
 * So then I figured I would clear out the SQL database and just start from scratch…
   but as if I hadn’t made enough of a mess already, now I’m stuck. I don’t have
   the knowledge to rebuild the database, and my backup of it won’t import to save
   my sorry butt.
 * Here’s my ultimate question: How do I do a clean wipe and restart the site from
   a backup? It’s hosted as an addon domain with Host Gator, and I was sure not 
   to touch any of my other sites’ files, though after the SQL database delete, 
   they all went down temporarily and remain slower than molasses. Any ideas?
 * Let me know if I can provide any more information, and thanks in advance for 
   helping me learn something from my screw up.

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nuked-sql-database-need-some-advice/#post-4529474)
 * check with your hosting provider if they have a more recent backup of your site.

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