<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br></div></div>there is a mysql command DROP DATABASE which deletes the database. drop=delete.
<br><br>"assuming that you've dropped the database" = assuming that there is<br>no database with the same name (mythconverg) on that mysql server<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list
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</blockquote></div><br>Ahh, OK. So it seems I would want to<br>1) install a fresh copy of mythtv<br>2) "drop" or delete the existing mythtconverg database as per <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO.html#toc23.6">
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO.html#toc23.6</a><br>3) restore the database with my backup copy per <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.5">http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.5
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