There is an article on

pr0gr4mm3r — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:23:19 +0000

There is an article on moving Wordpress that should help you out.

many people who are

decibel.places — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:58:26 +0000

many people who are unfamiliar with databases think that you can upload the database with ftp like the other files

you cannot upload the database with ftp

as mscreashuns noted, you use the database tools on your local machine and on the online server - phpMyAdmin is very common, if you are using an xampp installation locally that comes with phpMyAdmin

I don't know what you are

mscreashuns — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:14:13 +0000

I don't know what you are managing your database with - phpMyAdmin, command line...?

If you are using phpMyAdmin, you can use the export function from the tabs at the top of the page. Other database managers will have a function much like this where you can export data to import into a new database.