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thelodger
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 17 March 2009 : 14:22:54
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| Hi, I wish to look at upgrading to the new version of the forum, I have never backed up our database and was wondering if someone can explain how thats done? |
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thelodger
Junior Member
United Kingdom
296 Posts |
Posted - 17 March 2009 : 14:24:31
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| Sorry about the signiture, dont have a clue how that all got there, but changed my forum password. |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
26364 Posts |
Posted - 17 March 2009 : 14:36:33
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Well, if that's what I think it was, your account was hacked. Something people should think about before joining the forum owned by a guy who hacks people's accounts!
Regarding the backup, you can do it using phpMyAdmin. Never used it much, but I think there is an option for that, or for exporting your database as SQL statements. You should include data and structure. |
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thelodger
Junior Member
United Kingdom
296 Posts |
Posted - 17 March 2009 : 15:25:12
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Yep, I think it was hacked, anyway deleted and password changed, not sure what phpMyAdmin is, any pointers to it? Also I joined his forum a long time ago, only visited it once or twice, it never took me long to work out that this is the place to be for snitz  |
Edited by - thelodger on 17 March 2009 15:26:46 |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
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thelodger
Junior Member
United Kingdom
296 Posts |
Posted - 17 March 2009 : 17:32:31
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| Cheers great help, I have now installed phpmyadmin via FTP and set up the correct details ip address and database name etc. sadly my host has decided thats all they can help me with, so I now have no idea on how to use it, any idiot guides about? or can you help me on how to do a simple full backup using it? |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
26364 Posts |
Posted - 17 March 2009 : 17:56:54
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Sorry, I have used PhpMyAdmin just a couple times, so I really don't remember it. I have used SQLYog instead, which is much simpler. SQLYog has a free version and I think you probably can use it, as the free version will allow you to backup the database, if your host allows outside connections to the server. Do you know if they do?
If you want to, email me the Db server details (server, username, password, database) and I wil have a quick look, backup the database for you and provide a link to a zipped backup version. If I can do it, means that you will also be able to do it, using the free version and you can start do it regularly. |
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thelodger
Junior Member
United Kingdom
296 Posts |
Posted - 18 March 2009 : 01:16:52
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| Yes it does allow database backups from outside connections, I will email you my details, thanks very much for all your help on this, well beyond the call of duty. |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
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Posted - 18 March 2009 : 04:52:59
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Originally posted by thelodger
... not sure what phpMyAdmin is, any pointers to it?
Available here.
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thelodger
Junior Member
United Kingdom
296 Posts |
Posted - 19 March 2009 : 18:27:04
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Cheers to all, but a special thanks to ruirib who once again, went far beyond the call of duty.  |
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