That's coo. I didn't actually know about the script or I would've used it. Thx for the tid bit.
On 10/26/05, John Paul Ashenfelter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/25/05, John C. Bland II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just so you know, I upgraded from 4.1 to 5 earlier and all I did was > install > > 5, copy db's to 5's directory, setup all users (could've probably found > an > > easier way but I only needed two...strictly a dev db), > > That's what the fix_privileges script is for -- all that info is > stored in your mysql database (the database *named* mysql). Recreating > a couple of users is easy, as you suggest, but for production systems, > you want to guarentee everything is the same, so an in-place upgrade > of the db is a much better choice. > > You could amend your approach to "Copy all of the databases to 5's > directory, ran the fix_privileges on the mysql database, and was ready > to go". That way, you've still got both dbs available. Of course it > gets trickier if you're dealing with innodb tables or anything else > other than MyISAM. > > and remove the > > 4.1instance. Oh, I had to restart 5 after that but no sweat. > > All-in-all, > > without my forgetting to restart 5, it took like 20 minutes including > > download time. > > > > I understand your hesitation though. If this was a live box I probably > > would've felt the same way. > > > > On 10/25/05, Matt Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 10/25/05, John Paul Ashenfelter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > Not sure if you're asking about upgrading MySQL itself from 4->5 or > > > > using the MySQL JDBC drivers on CF7.... > > > > > > Actually, both although the questions were poorly worded. Thanks. > > > You told me what I needed to know. I hate to say it but I'll probably > > > leave my main mysql server alone for the simple reason its running > > > like 40 web sites and ... well, its working fine. I'd like the new > > > functionality but I can't risk the consequences of a mistake, even for > > > a weekend afternoon or so. I'll save this for when I add a new > > > server. > > > > > > -- > > > --mattRobertson-- > > > Janitor, MSB Web Systems > > > mysecretbase.com <http://mysecretbase.com> <http://mysecretbase.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:222368 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
