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Eduardo Rubio
Eduardo Rubio
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Posted by Eduardo Rubio
Eduardo Rubio
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Can someone elaborate on what Zac refers to as the "reverse process" when keeping database files up to date?

"Before you re-begin your local development, it's a good idea to pull down the freshest database from the server. You do that in the same way that we did with the live server just with the reversed process.”

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Zac Gordon
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Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
  • Backup the live server DB
  • Backup your local server DB
  • Drop the tables in your local server DB
  • Import the live server DB into your local DB