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#27568 Database backup

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Latest post by on Wednesday, 24 May 2017 17:17 CDT

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Description of my issue:

I like things to be simplified.

All I Want is 2 things:

1- Backup of site files ( No problem here)
2 - Backup of database.

I do NOT want to use any of the site restore functions. I prefer to do those things manually.

I simply want a backup of the files and database that I can do what I want with.

My issue is the database...

When I backup database, then try to restore it manually, it removes the database prefix and uses #__

eg:

My database prefix was: ivf0j_exampletablename

When I try a manual restore via PHPmyadmin it does it all wrong.It removes the prefix and adds #__

#__exampletablename

How can get Akeeba to simply backup the database without changing anything, so when I "import" the database file into phpmyadmin it is unaltered and exact copy?

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Hi,

Ive managed to resolve this by creating Database only backup which seems to do what I want.

Thanks
Greg

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Yes, that's one of the two possible solutions. The other solution is to use a profile with the "all site databases" backup type. This puts the database backup fragments into an archive file along with an installer. This has two benefits. For starters, you can back up and restore big databases without worrying that importing them with a web interface (e.g. phpMyAdmin) might fail. Moreover, it gives you a web interface to easily restore your database so you don't even have to go through phpMyAdmin or similar.

Of course none of these is relevant if you intend to use the command line to import the database (i.e. using the "mysql" command). In that case what you are doing is the best solution.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

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