Import .frm and .opt files to MySQL

Question

I am using MySQL 5.5.1.1 downloaded and installed from : http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/

I want to import .frm and .opt database files from my local machine to my my

Answer 1

I think the great problem you may be experiencing comes from the fact that you cannot even view these .frm files in the phpmyadmin interface (because they really are incomplete sets). I'd suggest you delete these files from the current location and use phpmyadmin to re-create the these tables as SQL under "query" tab [delete IFF you do have database script of everything. if not, you may still get this from the old dump. if not gaian, do NOT delete). Thanks : chagbert.