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MYSQL database files- gone?!

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:30 am
by nimrodm
Hi.
I am working with phpmyadmin and mysql on php with my iis server(winxp).
I Created new databases through phpmyadmin and my question is where is it located?!? i cant find it in the MYsql folder.
Anyone have any idea?
i tried to search the name of the database on windows search and it didnt find it too...
Thanks!

Re: MYSQL database files- gone?!

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:53 am
by califdon
Can you still access the database in phpMyAdmin?

The default location in Windows, I believe, is C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL 5.1\data. Each database is in a subfolder with the name of the database.

Re: MYSQL database files- gone?!

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:53 pm
by nimrodm
Yes. i can access everything, but i cant find the database files... in the data folder there is only some of the databases and not the new one's i created.

Re: MYSQL database files- gone?!

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:08 pm
by califdon
Are you saying that you can connect to a database in phpMyAdmin that is not in the same folder as the other databases on your computer? I don't see how that could be.

Re: MYSQL database files- gone?!

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:51 am
by nimrodm
i figured it out... i install xampp and didnt use it at all but the configuration made all the new databases restore it in the xampp database folder...
Anyway its all ok now!
thanks