Hi, I am not sure which phpmyadmin you are refering to here. ( you see i have two of them, a local version and a server version with dot easy )
Let me begin again. The phpmyadmin in my local application no longer has any tables affixed to it ( it basically doesn't exist ), there is still a name in the database drop down tab that say's zen cart however there are no files attached to it. In regards to there being an import ' button up the top of my phpmyadmin ( local version ), there is no such button, yet there is an import button on my dot easy server/host. The problem i'm having is with my local test version of the zen cart store, I have mistakenly deleted the tables for it in my local application ( not my server account - this is working fine ) are you telling me to use the phpmyadmin on my local application ( the one that came with the original zen cart install ) - ( and if that is the case why can't i find the import button ) or are you saying i am to use the phpmyadmin on my dot easy server to import the SQL file? If the later is the case then how do i get it from the dot easy server back to my phpmyadmin on my local installation.
Please understand that i have two phpmyadmin applications, one is for my local ( zen cart store for testing purposes only ) and the other phpmyadmin is associated with my main online/live zen cart store and website that is with dot easy.
I do all my modifications on the local test cart before i upload/overwrite anything on my real site. It is the local zen cart store that i can no longer get into look at as i have deleted the tables/files from my local version of phpmyadmin. ( there is nothing wrong with my real store - well, a few things but not related to this at any rate, lol )
When i am given information on importing files into my phpmyadmin i need to know which one you are refering to ( as I have two of them )
Hope i'm not being to neurotic here but if i don't get specific instructions i may stuff it up even more than i already have.
I don't see how importing something into my dot easy server ( real site/store )has anything to do with my local phpmyadmin zen cart install on my computer, although i cannot find an import tab on it anywhere.
Very confusing, can someone please tell me what to do, is it my local phpmyadmin that i need to be working with ( i would think so, but, i am a newbie so ) if it's the php dot easy myadmin then how do i get it back into my local phpmyadmin application so i can see my store on my local computer.

Cheers.