Import SQL tables into wordpress on a localhost

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  bobgatto · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 6:13 pm

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  Hello,
  I had a web site on Hostgator for a while but then decided to pack it up and cancel my account. I exported my SQL database as well as my file used on my site.
  Now I have a localhost on my computer using wamp server, and I’d like to transfer my site onto my localhost. I tried installing wordpress into the localhost first then importing the database but I get errors when I import.
  I try to import the database first then install wordpress, but I still get errors.
  So how do I successfully import the SQL database onto the localhost and get wordpress to work?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 16, 2017 at 6:16 pm

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  You are posting to the wrong support forum. We cannot help you here at all. That site is not hosted by wordpress.COM and as it is not on our servers we cannot help you with it.

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