Hi Donna,
I do still have the database used for the previous install.
The new install is set to it in configuration.php
The problem is that i still don't see any of the previous database information 
on the new site.

On Oct 6, 2010, at 8:18 AM, Donna Marie Vincent wrote:

> 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
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