Stupid question, I know, but the database on my PHP toplist is broken and I can't put it together again. The error is crashing my site. I deleted the offending table, but I can't seem to replace it with the DB from my backup, whether I upload or cut-and-paste. I have a backup from late October, but if I import the data, it gives me errors, telling me "Table already exists." How I can override this? At this point, all I want is to have my backup in place and get the site live again. How do I do this with PHP myadmin?
You can add the if exist drop statement. Off the top of my head I don't recall the exact syntax. If you have a full back up the other option is drop all the tables and leave just the em,pty database. If I were doing this I would export what I still have first, just in case.