Dan T - Well, if all your data files are MyISAM, then I only see one potential problem, and that is the area of user permissions. I believe that things in that area have changed around enough that if you simply re-use those tables as-is (as-are?), you may have some difficulties.
All your other databases with .frm, .MYD, and .MYI files - should be fine. The MyISAM engine itself hasn't changed (to my knowledge) since 3.23. Those files are platform-agnostic and re-usable by different versions of MySQL. I once moved a set of 3.23.x files on OS X to a Linux box running 4.0 without trouble. Also went from OS X to Solaris, though with same MySQL verison. Just put the files in the proper data directory, and mind the filesystem permissions. For safety's sake use copies not originals. As to the MySQL permission problems you may have - I'd recommend using the included "mysql_fix_privilege_tables" script (in bin directory on my 5.0 install). Says it updates the privilege tables to comply with 4.0 and above. Also mind the new password hashing in 4.1 and 5.x; you can enable the old passwords, but you have to explicitly do so. HTH, Dan On 7/18/06, Martin Jespersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi - > > Well, I've been trying a few things with this, however I can't quite > seem to get to the point where this would be any easier. > > The problem is, I only have data files. I don't have a MySQL dump, and > don't see myself being able to grab a dump anytime soon. So I guess > what I'm faced with now is bringing up a 3.23.58 server anyway, if only > for the purpose of a massive MySQL dump. > > How's that sound? > > Thanks! > -dant
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