Restoring a database on DA from cpanel

[anony]

Here is the story:
I am transferring an account from a cpanel server to a server with direct admin. This account does not have any important emails so I though the easiest thing to do was to upload all of my webpage files to the da server (includes database driven php files). Then, I went into cpanel and downloaded a mysql database backup. Next, I logged into direct admin and I went to restore the database. When I hit restore, it said:
Error-This database is not yours.
What should I do? Will this database backup only work with cpanel?

 

[ju5t]

Make a backup with phpmyadmin on the cPanel server instead. That will generate an SQL file which you can import in phpmyadmin on DirectAdmin.

 

[beansbaxter]

Make a backup with phpmyadmin on the cPanel server instead.

Is a backup and exporting the same thing, in regards to the phpmyadmin on the cPanel side of things??