SQL and phpMyAdmin

So, i was looking through my various programs to see what i could delete, as i am getting dangerously low on hard drive space, and will not replace Humphrey until i am out of credit card debt, and GUESS WHAT I FOUND?

evidently, several months ago, when i was first looking at installing wordpress (i failed miserably that time, but i didnt wipe the datebase), i dumped my entire sql database and saved it to My Downloads. as i dont USE My Downloads folder very often, i had completely forgotten about it.

this means, that i will be able to recreate the majority of the old posts and comments from the beginning, minus a few months after the dump.

however, im scared to upload it back up.

i have the database dump. so, if i reupload it, will it overwrite EVERYTHING currently in the database? will it just overwrite the tables that have the same name? cause that would be fine..im not using those tables at the moment.

help! anybody know what will happen if i reupload? im scared that it will wipe the current stuff on there, which means i would no longer have wordpress, which means i would probably end up wiping the damn thing anyway trying to get wordpress reinstalled.

gah. these are the days i wish i was a bigger geek than i already am. so i would know how to DO this stuff!

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