[Mediawiki-l] restoring dump of one MW site into another?

[Hugh Prior]

Not quite sure what "did a dump" was - if it was simply you backed up the 
database then all you need to do is recreate a copy of this database on (for 
example) your laptop, install the same version of the wiki software, and 
change LocalSettings.php to point at the newly created copy.

"Ken McDonald" <ken at pixologic.com> wrote in 
message news:448DD658.3000005 at pixologic.com...
> Recently, I did a dump of our main site, and then removed revision
> history in preparation for release to the public. It turns out there are
> a few pages from the old dump that we'd like to get. Is it possible to
> "restore" that dump to another MW site--in this case, a mess-around
> installation on my laptop? It doesn't matter to me if pages get
> overwritten, the laptop wiki exists solely for short-term tests of things.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken