[opencms-dev] Installing into an existing database

[Michael Davis]

Thanks! I'd like to suggest to the developers that they should allow
opencms to install into an existing database for cases like mine.

cheers
md

On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 10:15 +0300, Andras Balogh wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>     I don't know if is the best solution but you could try to set it up 
> on you local machine.
> (you can install everything: mysql and tomcat easily on your box)
> After setup you can dump your mysql DB and import in on your hosting 
> company.
> Also the web-appication can be copied to your server and you will need 
> to alter the connection
> settings in WEB-INF/config/opencms.properties. Also you may need to 
> check some URLs in
> opencms-system.xml.
> 
> Best regards,
> Andras.
> 
> Michael Davis wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >My web hosting company has given me a mysql database. It's empty. I
> >don't have the root password for mysql on that machine. Is there a way I
> >can install opencms into that database? The installer doesn't seem to
> >give me a way to do that. When it detects an existing database, it wants
> >to drop it and recreate it.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Michael
> >
> >
> >
> >
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