mysql lost contact with joomla data base

[n41076jem-2]

First I do not have a backup of the joomla data base, yes I am VERY bad.

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System upgrade to trusty, all was well.
Web ran well fine, system was reboot and joomla lost contact with mysql.

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long story short end up reinstalling mysql 5.5 and phpmyadmin. The production database is all there.

is there a way to get mysql working with it again

[n41076jem-2]

Is there a tool that can take the production database and do an export? So it can be re imported?

[n41076jem-2]

Again a long story short,


Why I re-installed mysql, after the reboot mysqld would not start.
I tried myisamchk --silent --force */*.MYI and well still would not start.


I completely purged mysql-server 5.5 and then installed it
My production DB is there but mysql does not see it