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nfrost21
nfrost21

Reputation: 559

Can Wordpress co-exist with existing database tables?

I'm building a Wordpress site for a client. Their hosting only allows 1 SQL database which already contains a table (named gallery) which is used on their current site.

Is it safe for me to import the SQL for the Wordpress tables to the existing database?

I assume that as long as the table names are unique, there shouldn't be a problem but want to double-check before taking the plunge.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 126

Answers (3)

rasolog
rasolog

Reputation: 316

You can prefix wordpress table names, for ex. wp_***

Upvotes: 0

J-Eibe
J-Eibe

Reputation: 182

Yes, there should be no Problem.

Wordpress uses 'wp_' as table prefix so as long as you have no existing tables using this prefix there should be no complications.

Upvotes: 0

user2836518
user2836518

Reputation:

Yes, when installing wordpress, it gives you the option to add a prefix to the table names, so you can start all tables with 'tbl_' or any other prefix to make it unique to the existing tables.

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https://www.siteground.com/tutorials/wordpress/wordpress-installation.htm

The tutorial shows setting the "Table Prefix", which by 'wp_' is default for wordpress installs.

Upvotes: 2

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