I've tried to import a back up of my database into XAMPP.
I ahve tried via uncompessed and gzip.
I have tried by using the auto option and by specifying the gzip option on the import.
My database is 15MB in size and falls inside the 16.3MB limit allowed.
I have tried to import by importing half the tables at a time as well.
The error messages have differed slightly.
Most of the time I get a timeout message of 300 seconds (think that's what it says) in line 91 of the relevant php file.
Another time it will just come up with page cannot be found, but this just seems to be the IE6 browser time out coming into play.
THe only thing I am unsure about is what to select from the menu for the character set. I just leave it at the default (utf8) or I scroll up to select the blank option. Either way the results are the same.
I really thought I could do this but after 8 hours of trying different ways I have come cap in hand to ask you professionals what my problem might be.
Please be gentle with your answers as I'm a born again newbie on this.
I'm running Windows ME, if that's relevant.