Upgrade - Drop Tables

[quixotica]

Okay, I have the instructions before me on upgrading - they look relatively easy other than one question. All of the instructions I can find talk about dropping the tables on the new database - how do I do that in phpmyadmin?

Thanks for any help, I know the answer is probably obvious but can't figure it out!

[TheOracle]

In your phpmyadmin's SQL query page, type:

DROP TABLE tablename;

Note: Do a backup of your targeted table first though (for safety).

[Ajeh]

If you are upgrading ... why are you dropping your tables?

[quixotica]

The instructions I found said that you should do the following:

1. Make a backup of existing database
2. Fresh install in new subdirectory
3. Edit newly created database and remove all tables
etc


This is to upgrade from 1.2x - to the latest version. Am I confused? :)

[Ajeh]

Might do a search on:
/new_shop

There are a lot of threads on how to perform safe, careful upgrades that would be of help to you ...

Some are simple instructions and others go into great detail ...

They would be worth the time of a search ...