Godaddy and pointing to a new database.

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Godaddy and pointing to a new database.

Post by MikeFromHC » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:54 am

I recently copied a Joomla database to a newer version and now want to point to that database.
The config file currently has the following
public $host = '<OldUserName>.db.<string of numbers>.<hostXXXXXXXXXX.com>';
public $user = '<OldUserName>';
public $db = '<OldUserName>';
public $dbprefix = 'jos_';

Changing is obvious except for the additional information after <OldUserName>.db
I can't find anything on their site or in PHPadmin that tells me if these can remain the same.

After a short time trying to deal with them I am happier than ever that I use Hostmonster for my other sites.

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Re: Godaddy and pointing to a new database.

Post by itoctopus » Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:02 pm

GoDaddy host their databases on separate servers (the database and the web server don't share the same server). In any case, in GoDaddy's backend, in the place where you see the list of databases, there is an icon next to each one (far right I think). You can click on that icon and it tells you what the host is.

Make sure you don't click on the delete icon by mistake!
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Re: Godaddy and pointing to a new database.

Post by MikeFromHC » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:27 pm

Thanks.
I watch a lot of Hulu and a while back they switched the position of the play and delete icon. I learned to be careful from that.


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