Additionally to all great advice above, I would empty the cache just before dumping the database.

When setting up a new mysql installation, it is useful in the long run to make sure that the default character setting is uft-8. I wrote a tutorial about that a while ago, because I ran into issues with the feed aggregator: http://upsitesweb.com/blog/2011/08/drupal-7-feed-aggregator-issue-mysql-character-set

Ursula


On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Ms. Nancy Wichmann <nan_wich@bellsouth.net> wrote:
The first step should always be to ask the new host if they will do it. Many will do it for free.
 
Nancy
 
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From: James Rome

I need to move my sites to a new host. What is the procedure for doing
this, especially the backup and restore of the database? Does the
hosting-specific information reside inside the database? If so, how do I
change them? The page URLs will not be changed.

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