How can the database file path be changed?

To change the database file path, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open a database management tool, such as MySQL Workbench.
  2. Connect to your database server.
  3. Select the database in which you want to modify the file path.
  4. Please display variables similar to ‘datadir’.
  5. Move the database files to a new path as required, ensuring that the new path has sufficient permissions for database access.
  6. Stop the database server.
  7. Open the database configuration file, such as my.cnf or my.ini (the actual file name may vary depending on the database server).
  8. directory where data is stored
  9. Save and close the configuration file.
  10. Start the database server.
  11. Execute the command in step 4 to confirm that the database file path has been updated.
  12. Ensure that the database is running smoothly and that data can be accessed and operated on.
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