ERROR 1049 (42000): Unknown database 'mydatabasename'

Question

I am trying to restore database from .sql file , i have created the database in phpmyadmin and also using the create if not exist command in the .sql file which i am restori

Answer 1

I solved because I have the same problem and I give you some clues:

1.- As @eggyal comments

mydatabase != mydatabasename

So, check your database name

2.- if in your file, you want create database, you can't set database that you not create yet:

mysql -uroot -pmypassword mydatabase

change it for:

mysql -uroot -pmypassword