I have some problem with WAMP server installed on my computer, every time I am trying to access a server file in the browser the page keeps on loading for hours and does not give me any errors.
So what I though is to go ahead and install and new one but my existing MySQL database has lot of data inside it that I do not want to loose, I tried to backup the database using command line but no help there as well.
Is there any way I can install a new WAMP server while keeping my existing MySQL database?
The wamp server stores all of mysql database table in .frm formate inside WAMP_DIR_LOCATION\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.16\data you need to rename this "data" folder to "data-old"
And when you have reinstall the wamp server just rename the "data-old" folder to "data" In this way you will not lose your database.
In the "WAMP_LOCATION/mysql/data" folder are the tables for MySQL. You can copy the folder and make a backup.
But you should look that you install the same version again. Sometimes MySQL has a problem with different versions.
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Unfortunately my VPS got corrupted and therefore I wasn't able to perform an export of the sql database with phpmyadmin. I do managed to copy all the SQL files .frm, .idb, .opt etc
Is it possible to recover the database and make my wordpress site working again?
Im using centos7 with Plesk Onyx / phpmyadmin
Absolutely! First get a new instance of your VPS running and create your database again, after created copy the .idb(innodb) or .myi/.myd(mysami) files right back where you found them
Each table comes with a .frm, don't forget those, as well as a db.opt for the database
Typical mysql storage (on linux) is located:
/var/lib/mysql/database_name
Once copied over restart mysql and check again
I would like to know How to restore MYSQL database after installing a different version of Wampserver. The explanation is as below:
I deleted the wampserver folder accidentally and I lost my MYSQL database. However, I have succeeded to restore the data folder that contains the database and I have installed another version of Wampserver (Actually, the old version of MYSQL that I was using was 5.5.8 , and the MYSQL version that I am using right now is 5.6.17) and I have tried to restore the database by copying its folder and putting it and the old ibdata1 file under the data folder of the new installation. But, unfortenately, that doesn't work.
So, my questions are:
Is it possible to restore MYSQL database after installing a different version of Wampserver (with a different version of MYSQL)?
If yes, how can I do that? What would be the solution?
In the past when this has happened to me, the only option that worked was to reinstall an older version of WAMP (i.e. MySQL) to match what my databases were created in originally.
If you install the same WAMP again, copying the folder should work now.
If you can gain access to your databases at this point, then you can do a proper backup of them using phpmyadmin or mysqldump etc.
After you get a proper backup, remove the older WAMP version and install the latest version again. Now you have to restore the databases using the backup files in order to put them into the newer MySQL version.
If you backed up your database you can restore it using your backup file. If you are using a graphical interface for mysql like PHPMyAdmin there is a import button you can use to import your .sql, .csv, .zip, or what ever extension you used to backup your database.
I am using wamp server. I have made some project and there are some also databases.
I install new window and then i install wamp server in same drive where the wamp sever is.
After installing wamp my project file in "www" are present as pervious but in phpMyAdmin there is only database name is present when I open it there is no table. where the tables gone ???
I check the "wamp>mysql>data". Here the files are present of that tables but it does not show in the phpmyadmin.
I need these tables how can I recover it.
I suggest to you ,use the feature in windows called "restore previous versions" .
Right click the Wamp folder click Restore previous versions and select the most recent date you know it was working,it maybe work for you.
I assume you mean that you did ...
Install new windows.
Install WampServer on new windows
Copy my old\wamp\www folder to the new install
Copy the subfolders in \wamp\bin\mysql\mysql{version}\data to the new install
If this is correct, then dont forget to copy the contents of \wamp\bin\mysql\mysql{version}\data as well. If you are using INNODB database the actual data lives in the ibdata1 file in that folder.
I screwed up the config files for Apache
I reinstalled(without any uninstall) the WAMP in same folder but instead of 2.4 I did 2.5, so WAMP failed gloriously afterward.
I can not access WAMP anymore, so I can not backup my DBs from PHPMyAdmin (any hint about how to do backup in this senario will be helpful)
I copy the whole /wamp folder content (after screwed up the install).
I installed the 2.4 version Now WAMP running All DBs are still listed there But when I accesss two of the WP sites, they ask me to create a new site title, but not allow me to set username (says"User(s) already exists.").
Now I went back PHPmyAdmin and found the db for that WP site is EMPTY
I wonder how can I retrieve the good database information stored in that original /wamp folder backup, somehow, transfer into the new one, so that the db table that is EMPTY will populate with the original data again?
Thank You
Probably the safest way to recover is to:
Stop WAMPServer.
Copy the old MySQL folders to the new install of WAMPServer
So thats
copy \wamp_backup\bin\mysql\mysql(old version) to \wamp\bin\mysql\
Start WAMPServer again.
Now in the menu
Wampserver -> MySQL -> Version
you should see you old mysql version and the new one that came with the new install as well.
Switch to the old version by clicking on the old version number on that menu.
Wamp shoud now switch from the new MySQL to the old. Wait for WAMPServer to go green again.
Check the Mysql error log, to see if anything unpleasant has happened, if not,
You can then use phpmyadmin, or whatever tool you are used to to backup your missing databases.
Then switch back to the new version of MySQL and restore the databases to this version of mysql.
I hope this goes smoothly, it should.
Disclaimer: I have never used MySQL before!
I have a folder containing a number of .frm, .myd and .myi files that I believe are a MySQL database. I have pulled these files from a defunct server for a client who has not used the server or database for some years but is now looking to resurect some of the data for a new venture.
I have downloaded the latest free edition of MySQL, along with MySQL Workbench and am looking to connecct the existing database to the new installation; the equivalent to an "Attach" if I were using MS SQL Server.
I have found a few articles that say if I simply copy the folder into the data folder for MySQL and restart the service the database will show up. I have tried this (using both the data folder within the installation folder and also the "MySQL Datafiles" folder created during the intial configuration but when I restart the service nothing shows up.
How should I go about attaching this database?
Ok. I found the answer, the folder I was adding the database to was the wrong one.
Though I had found 2 "data" folders, there was a 3rd hiding in C:\ApplicationData; once I added my data files in here and restarted the MySQL service I could see the data.
On Windows 8 the default folder where MySql databases are stored is:
C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\data
5.6 is the version.
Please note it is ProgramData not Program Files which is easy to overlook.
Copying there and restarting the service worked fine for me. I'm even copying the DBs from an earlier 5.X version.