Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I did end up using phpmyadmin, as I had already made the size changes to PHP. The problem was mysql though. Adding :
[mysqld]
max_packet_size=50m   to the my.ini file was the fix. Thank you for the help.
 
 
 
>You need to raise the max_allowed_packet for both the server and the  
>client. And then don't go through phpMyAdmin or you'll also have to  
>deal with a PHP's memory/upload/etc. limits. On Linux I'd set a big  
>enough value for max_packet_size (say, 50M) in /etc/my.cnf (don't  
>know where you'd do this on Windows), restart the MySQL server and  
>then issue a command like this:
 
        # mysql --max_allowed_packet=50M db_name < db_dump.sql
 
>If the dump file contains a CREATE statement you leave out the  
>db_name of the command (as it doesn't exist yet, but the dump  file  
>will create it). See the 'Packet too large' docs: <http:// 
>dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/packet-too-large.html>. I guess the  
>procedure is mostly the same on Windows.

 

 

Barry Keyles