Migrating a WordPress database to a new host name

process steps:

1. export the database
2. updated the static entries of the hostname in the database
3. import the database

commands:

1. mysqldump -u _USERNAME_ -p _DBNAME_ > _DBNAME_.sql
2. cat _DBNAME_.sql | sed -e 's/_HOSTNAME_/_NEWHOSTNAME/g' > _DBNAME_UPDATED.sql
3. mysql -u _USERNAME_ -p _DBNAME_ < _DBNAME_UPDATED.sql

options & variables:

• _USERNAME_ = the the database user name
• -p = will prompt for the password
• _DBNAME_ = the name of the database
• _HOSTNAME_ = the hostname of the existing server
• _NEWHOSTNAME = the new hostname to use
• _DBNAME_UPDATED = the name of the new updated SQL file