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Problem restoring from database, no files

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    Jim Killock Reply #1, 10 years, 8 months ago
    Hi there

    I did a stupid thing, and deleted a MODX install, leaving me with just the MODX database to restore a site from.

    In order to recreate the site, I took the following steps:


    1. I ran a clean install of MODX 2.2.4, which is the version of the old site
    2. I replaced the database credentials of the clean install with those of the old MODX site in /core/config/config.inc.php

    However, I cannot log in. Are there further changes to me made? For instance:

    $lastInstallTime = XXXXX;

$site_id = 'modxXXXXXX';
$site_sessionname = 'XXXXXX';
$https_port = '443';
$uuid = 'XXXXX';


    also appear in the file.

    Or should it just work to change

    $database_user = ';
$database_password = ';
$database_connection_charset = 'latin1';
$dbase = '';


    Thanks for any pointers you can give me

    Jim
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      sottwell Reply #2, 10 years, 8 months ago
      Make sure your browser cache and cookies are cleared. Make sure that the two references to the database charset in config.inc.php are correct for the original database. And don't forget the line in the config.inc.php file
      $database_dsn = 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=<dbname>;charset=<db-charset>';

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        sottwell Reply #3, 10 years, 8 months ago
        And once you get it all back working, make sure you create a full backup of your site at regular intervals.
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          Jim Killock Reply #4, 10 years, 8 months ago
          Thanks Susan, that has worked and I am in the manager.

          The missing packages is giving the "Package Management" some trouble. I am thinking this may be tricky. Is there any easy way to "disable" packages via MySQL/ phpMyAdmin so I can try reinstalling them?
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            sottwell Reply #5, 10 years, 8 months ago
            Empty the transport_packages table, and possibly the namespaces and workspaces tables as well (don't remove the default core namespace and workspace!)
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              sottwell Reply #6, 10 years, 8 months ago
              Actually you can backup those tables to use them to know what extras you had.
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