A client encountered a problem while trying to work on a staging copy of the Joomla site because some of the table names in their database were too long. Here is a fix/work around I used to help them move forward beyond their "WARNING! Unable to clone table Structure" error.
00:00 - Introduction and Sponsor Message
00:33 - Overview of the Issue: Long Table Names in Joomla
01:06 - Using StageIt for Site Cloning
01:45 - Error Encountered: Unable to Clone Due to Long Table Names
02:20 - Proposed Solution: Changing Table Prefix
02:55 - Exporting the Database
03:32 - Cleaning Up the Database
04:08 - Preparing to Change the Prefix in Global Configuration
04:47 - Editing Configuration.php with FileZilla
05:34 - Navigating phpMyAdmin
06:05 - Renaming Table Prefixes
07:27 - Verifying the Renamed Tables
09:37 - Updating Configuration.php with New Prefix
10:31 - Rebuilding the Staging Area with StageIt
11:18 - Conclusion: Successful Workaround
Summary
Introduction and Sponsorship: Tim Davis introduces the video, sponsored by CyberSalt's Joomla training cohort and mysites.guru.
Overview of the Issue: A client faces an issue where the names of some Joomla database tables are too long, preventing them from cloning their site using the StageIt extension.
Using StageIt: StageIt is an extension that creates a copy of the Joomla site in a subfolder for testing changes without affecting the live site.
Error Encountered: The cloning process fails due to long table names when a prefix is added by StageIt, exceeding the maximum length allowed by the server.
Proposed Solution: Tim decides to change the current table prefix (mod30) to a shorter one (J) to accommodate the additional prefix added by StageIt.
Exporting the Database: He backs up the database using phpMyAdmin to ensure no data is lost during the process.
Cleaning Up the Database: Tim removes unused entries from the redirects table to reduce the database size.
Preparing to Change the Prefix: He opens the configuration.php file in FileZilla to change the database prefix after renaming the tables.
Editing Configuration.php: Tim shows how to edit the configuration.php file to update the prefix from mod30 to J.
Renaming Table Prefixes: Using phpMyAdmin, he renames the table prefixes in three steps due to the large number of tables.
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