Is there any way to import posts and information from a mySQL database into wordpress? It's the database from my wordpress blog, so it can't be that different, can it? I had to delete all the blog files and reinstall wordpress, but now none of my posts are showing up even though it's using the same database. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks in advance for any help.
Do you get any error messages when trying to use your old database with the new installation? Please try to give more details. I don’t think that you will need to import the posts. Probably some configuration is not set right.
I don't get any error messages at all. it just shows up like its a new install of wordpress with just the sample post. My database is intact, but for some reason none of the info in the database is being recognized by wordpress. I don't know what other info I can give you on it, sorry.
Ok, I figured it out. Apparently my host creates a random hash for the table prefix with each wordpress install. So once I changed the table prefix in my wp-config.php file, all my old posts showed up.