This also applies to renaming table prefixes within the same database.

Previously on my server, I had 3 databases that I used actively. One for this website, one for another, and one for my power/gas data. The two websites are both wordpress.

So, just a few moments ago, I consolidated those tables into one database. I had to change the table prefix for one of the sites so both sites tables could coexist within the same database (and not have collisions). After changing the wp-config.php to reflect this change, the site loaded up. The problem is, I tried to go into the admin page, and I get “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page”.

A lot of the info on the wordpress site doesn’t really cover this issue. Luckly, this does. Basically, you need to go into the “usermeta” table, and change the “meta_key” values from the previous prefix_capabilities, and prefix_user_level, to the new prefix_capabilities and new prefix_user_level. Then go into the options table and change prefix_user_roles to the new prefix_user_roles.

Once that’s done, things should work. You can certainly use the SQL statements he has on his site, but I had a hard time following what he was saying. So, I did it by hand once I figured it out.

Thanks very much, and hopefully I’ll have more later tonight or tomorrow.

(p.s. Sorry about the quality of the camera image. I’m working on it…)