falves Posted February 28, 2005 Posted February 28, 2005 Hi A friend sent me some database tables using *.FRM *MYD and *.MYI files. I am suposed to upload these files in someway that the empty database I already created would be filled with the tables and it's records. I have been looking in the Forum for some question regarding this subject, but wasn't able to get one that would solve my problem. I already tryed to use phpmyadmin, but can´t manage to upload the files. Anyone can flash me some light on this? Thank you. Fernando Alves Quote
Guest Serpentine Posted March 1, 2005 Posted March 1, 2005 Those are the actual files in which MySQL stores the database tables. They would need to be copied into the MySQL data directory, typically something like /var/lib/mysql, and their owner and permissions set appropriately. If you don't have a dedicated server, you probably wouldn't have the necessary access to do this yourself, but would have to get the server admin to do it for you. An alternate method would be to install MySQL on your computer, install the files there, use mysqldump to export the database as an .sql file, then use the mysql command or phpMyAdmin to import the .sql file. Or you could try to get the database dumped as an .sql file from whoever sent you those files. Quote
borfast Posted March 1, 2005 Posted March 1, 2005 Olá Fernando Serpentine has already said everything and suggested a good alternative, so I'll just welcome you to the family: welcome! Quote
falves Posted March 2, 2005 Author Posted March 2, 2005 Ok, I sent your suggestions to my friend, and I hope he will do what's needed. Thanks a lot for the help. Fernando Alves Quote
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