Really newbie question

Don't laugh.....ok, you can laugh! LOL

I've always wondered about this, but have never asked.

When you have a database for a forum and you import that data over to a second forum and it's database, can you delete that first database or is it still linked to that second forum?

Sorry, I feel like I should know this, but I don't.

 

Re: Really newbie question.........

the databases know nothing about eachother in this typical scenario.

So yes, you an delete that other database. You've saved the data and put it into a different one.

By that, I'm assuming the names, usernames, and passwords are different from databaseold to databasenew.

Course, you can reuse the username/password to help streamline, but usually minimum is to change the database name.

Hope that helped. It's not a dumb question. Some ppl that are really good, will use a single database, but then copy the data and assign a different prefix (i.e, different tables) such that both sets can be used in teh same mysql database.

 

Re: Really newbie question.........

They are........Thank you so much!!

 

Glad I could help. whew!