How to Restore your MySQL Database using PHPMyAdmin

This article will guide you on how you can restore your MySQL Database on a Web Hosting server. There might be two situations when you may need to use this guide. First is in case you want to Restore to a New MySQL Database or Restore to an Existing MySQL Database.

If you want to Restore to a New MySQL Database then go through the section “a”, otherwise skip to section “b”.

a. Create a New MySQL Database

If you are hosting your web application for the first time under the Hosting Account or want to have a New MySQL Database to be used with your web application, the first thing you need to do is Create New MySQL Database. The steps to create a New MySQL Database differ from one Hosting Control Panel to another.

Below are steps to Create New MySQL Database in Windows Parallels Plesk Hosting Control Panel.

i. Login to your Plesk account. On the Homepage, click on the “Databases” icon from the list.

ii. Then click on the “Add New Database” option on the page to get a form. Fill in the database name you desire and also create a database username and password. Make sure you select MySQL in Database Type. Then finally click on “OK” to create the database which will then appear in the list under Databases section.

For Linux cPanel Hosting Control Panel, the MySQL Database creation process is really simplified by the “MySQL Database Wizard” option available under the “Database” section on homepage of cPanel.

NOTE:You will need to change the Data source/Server name, Database name, Database Username and Database password in your application’s connection String as per created above.

b. Restore your MySQL Database

Once your database is already created, the next step is to launch PHPMyAdmin which is a web based MySQL Database management tool. You can find PHPMyAdmin option under following sections depending upon the Hosting Control Panel you are using.

Parallels Plesk – Go to Databases section from Homepage and click on “Webadmin” link to the right of the Database in the list you want to restore.

WebsitePanel – Go to Database >> MySQL 5.x section and click on “Browse Database” option to the right of the Database name in the list you want to restore.

cPanel – Click on PHPMyAdmin option under the “Database” section on Homepage of cPanel Control Panel.

Once PHPMyAdmin is open, follow below steps.

i. In PhpMyAdmin, click on the name of your database in Left Sidebar which will take you to your database page. Now there are 2 ways you can restore your database.

ii. Either, click on the “SQL” option in the top horizontal menu to open a text area where you can directly paste the contents of your .sql file (.sql file can be opened in any text editor like Notepad) and then click on “Go” button to restore database.

iii. Or, click on “Import” option in top horizontal menu, where you can directly upload your .sql file to restore the database.

The time taken to restore may depend upon the size of your sql script file. Also if you are restoring to a Database which already has Table Structures within, then you need to either delete the table first using PHPMyAdmin or need to make sure that “Drop” statement is included in your sql script file when you exported it from PHPMyAdmin on your local computer, another server or from same database for that matter. Also you must make sure that your SQL Script should not include any strongly typed Database Names referring to your local database name or database name of some other server.

You are now ready to use your MySQL Database with your web application.

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