1 rboisson Nov 01, 2008 19:01
3 rboisson Nov 04, 2008 01:02
I actually managed to get the database moved over. I ended up playing with the settings in the export to get it in. The only issue I have now is that for some reason all of my blog posts ended up with a sprinkling of "Â" all over the place. I could go in and edit them all out, but that would be tedious.
Any suggestions?
I've already moved my DNS over to the new host and it is up and running fine. My old account is still active until about the 20th of this month, so I can still get everything off of it if necessary.
Thanks!
Ray
4 stk Nov 04, 2008 02:11
Ray,
The "Â" sounds like a DB charset difference or setting - either coming out of your old DB or going into your new DB.
You can either find the source of the confusion ...
or
edit a copy of your SQL (or SQL.GZ) version of your backup, on your local machine and then re-import it on top of your existing (new) DB
or
find/replace it in phpMyAdmin ... (I think I have a little SQL do-hippie that I use for global search/replace ... lemme check ... here it is:)
http://randsco.com/index.php/2007/05/13/phpmyadmin_ditties
(lol ... I posted it) ;)
where table_name probably == evo_posts, table_field1 probably == post_content
find probably == Â
replace probably == A
It might not be as "tedious" as you think, but just check to make sure you're finding and replacing the "right thing". ;)
5 rboisson Nov 04, 2008 14:54
stk,
That worked great! Thank you very much for your assistance.
Ray
6 stk Nov 04, 2008 15:54
Glad it worked! No problem @ assisting, that's what the boards are for. :D
Shouldn't be a problem going from one host to another. How are you exporting the DB? (What steps are you taking) ... and how are you importing? (again steps).
It will also help to keep your old host account "active", till AFTER you've successfully transferred and imported the DB, just in case there are (other) oddities.