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    Posted by jovial_man posts: 9

    Hi,

    I've re-installed tikiwiki, but it seems some stuff are still left from previous tikiwiki in the mysql db !
    How can I wipe mysql totally clean and re-link tikiwiki with that again ???

    Where does the tikiwiki and mysql stuff get stored ???
    I installed them as root, but can't find mysql and tikiwiki stuff in the /root
    where do they get stored ? how can I wipe them off to have a tikiwiki from scratch again,

    Thanks,

    Shane

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    Posted by Philippe Cloutier posts: 1001 Canada

    you seem to be pretty new to this kind of administration and I'm not sure what to answer, but this makes me think of something.
    If you install tikiwiki in a new folder and don't run tiki-install.php, but tiki-index.php first, it will automaticaly try to find a DB if I remember right and that's probably why you ended up with it linked to your old DB. That's something you can fix by going to tiki-install.php, resetting database connection settings and then proceeding as for a normal install.


    Posted by Damian Parker posts: 2881 United Kingdom

    Hi

    You can use a tool like ))phpMyAdmin(( to delete all the old tables leaving a blank database,

    or using the mysql command:
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    DROP DATABASE dbname;
CREATE DATABASE dbname;


    Hope it helps you

    Damian


    Posted by Damian Parker posts: 2881 United Kingdom

    Oh, if you did the drop database method, make sure you reset the priveledges for your Tiki database user.

    Damian