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Angel-Wings · #5 06-10-2009, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by HostBidder.com

Backups - Download a MySQL Database Backup - and click to make a backup of the database. However, there is only one DB shown, is it normal for a forum to have only one DB?

Yes it is.

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Is there any way for me to check that I'm doing this correctly?

Try to setup a test forum with another database and import the backup - if it's working like expected, everything's ok. But do not import the backup and overwrite the existing and used DB.

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Is there any way to automate this procedure?

Hmm, maybe. You can setup a cronjob and do an automatic backup every 24 hours as example, still you need to manually download the backups.

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Sorry, just to add, how can I tell which DB's my forum is currently using?

Check includes/config.php - it's written there which DB is used.

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