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Asked: 2026-05-27T19:30:25+00:00

This may be a basic problem in the database world but I don’t speak

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This may be a basic problem in the database world but I don’t speak ‘databaseian’ fluently.

I am transferring a website from one hosting service to another; from server A to server B. Server B offers the service of transfer but I would like to do it myself. The website is based on WordPress.

My strategy is:

  • to copy all the files from one server (A) to the other one (B) (done).
  • to export the mysql database from server A into a .sql file (done).
  • import the .sql file into a new database in server B so now WordPress can talk to MySql (here is the problem).

The hosting service in server B provides the phpMyAdmin where I can import a .sql file ,the problem is that the database in server A was using a particular username (defined by them) and server B has another one (which I cannot change).

Is there a way of editing the .sql file in order to change (add) the username to the one in server B so I can import it smoothly?

Note: I have the password for the .sql database and username as well.

Update: The error shown by phpMyadmin when trying to import the .sql file is:

 #1044 - Access denied for user 'userServerB'@'localhost' to database 'db-server-A'

Many Thanks

UPDATE: Everything is working now. Apparently the .sql file had a line that was trying to create a new database itself. I got rid of this line and just used a pre-created database using all the rest of the .sql file and voila. Particular thanks to @daking963

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    The database username/password is not part of the dumped database sql. It is part of the connection authentication details. You used one username/password to connect to server A, and a different one to connect to server B. The sql file is independent of this.

    So, first just log in to phpMyAdmin on server B using the username/password they provided. Then, import the sql by following these steps:

    1. Select the database you want to import into (or create a new one).
2. Click on SQL tab at the top.
3. Click "browse" next to the file upload box and select your sql file.
4. Click go to start the import.

    UPDATE: Regarding your update showing the error message. It is trying to import the sql into a database named db-server-A on server B. Open the sql file in a text editor, and replace all instances of db-server-A with the name of your database on server B. Then save and repeat the steps above.

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