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shelt
18th of August 2002 (Sun), 10:01
Hi,

I'm on day 2 of experimenting with EE, and I have to say it looks great so far! Nice work, Pekka! I have the basic engine running, set up server-side pwd protection, and installed PhpMyAdmin for backup. I can't believe all of this actually worked...

(My test gallery is at http://sheltons.net/phpgallery/index.php )

Anyway, before I devote too much time to a site rewrite, I want to make sure I can backup and restore a database (successfully). I have downloaded a backup using PhpMyAdmin (eg, shelt.sql) and stored it on my local PC.

Question: How do I do a full DB restoration? I can't seem to figure it out from the documentation!

Thanks.
pigasus
18th of August 2002 (Sun), 12:34
shelt wrote:
Question: How do I do a full DB restoration? I can't seem to figure it out from the documentation!


Hi Shelt,

To restore a db file, on the phpmyadmin/index.php page find the line (just over 1/2 way down the page):

"Or Location of the textfile :"

Enter the location of your dump file and click Go.

By the way, I had a look at your EE gallery. Very nice images and presentation!
shelt
18th of August 2002 (Sun), 14:08
Thanks for the kind words and info. It seems like they might want to label the restore function in a somewhat better way! It's a little tough to keep all of this straight since my last command line/unix work was about 15 years ago!

Anyway, I guess I'm good to go on a rewrite of my web site now. And...I'll definitely be buying Pekka's new version. I think he has done a really fine job on this project -- much better than the other gallery products out there!
pigasus
18th of August 2002 (Sun), 18:04
shelt wrote:
Thanks for the kind words and info. It seems like they might want to label the restore function in a somewhat better way! It's a little tough to keep all of this straight since my last command line/unix work was about 15 years ago!

Yeah, it's a little obscure isn't it? I only know how to do it because I previously asked Pekka myself. :)

Anyway, I guess I'm good to go on a rewrite of my web site now. And...I'll definitely be buying Pekka's new version. I think he has done a really fine job on this project -- much better than the other gallery products out there!

I agree, Pekka's product is superb. And the next version of EE will also have it's own backup module - better than phpmyadmin! EE has been my first foray onto the web. What a way to start.