[wp-hackers] best way to reset the database

[Daniel Fenn]

Adding to what I just said, you could even write a shell scrip that
does the restore for you as well.






On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:
> One way you could handle this is by installing workpress, set up all
> the settings that you need and just backup the table and restore it.
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> You should be able to write a php script to delete and restore the database.
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> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Haluk Karamete <halukkaramete at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm working with a fresh install programmatically.
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>> I create taxonomies, terms, posts, on the fly without the dashboard. It's a
>> process for me with lots of trials and errors.
>> Many times, I want to start with a fresh slate.
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>> That's where the question is formed. What's the most effective way to bring
>> the wp to the starting ( well, almost starting ) phase, programmatically?
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>> If I drop the database with a mysql statement, wp would create the tables
>> and that would give me a fresh slate but that would also blow the bloginfo
>> and admin user etc.
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>> All I care is to clean the wp_post, post_meta, where terms and taxonomies
>> stored. no need to clean the options table.
>> If I delete the records, that does not help cause then my IDs won't start
>> from 0.
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>> What's a good way to handle this?
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