In "configuration.php", you can set the db name, db password and db username. Set it to the database used for the previous install, assuming you still have that info. That info would be in the configuration.php file of the previous install.
If you don't have that info, you can open your webhosting control panel and create another username and password for that database. ________________________________ From: Paul Elliott <[email protected]> To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 8:08:57 AM Subject: [joomla] reconnect to mysql database Hello, I am trying to connect a new joomla installation to the mysql database of a previous install. The install was successful but i don't see any of the original data after. I even dragged content (i.e.- components, images, modules, plugins, admin, etc.) from the previous install via ftp and none of it shows up. Does anyone know how to connect to the content in the previous installs mysql database? Thanks, Paul _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
_______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
