On Mon, August 16, 2010 07:26, Nunzio Daveri wrote: > Hi all, I was reading a few of the notes on this forum from a few months > back > and it seems that ONE WAY of upgrading from 4.x to 5.X with MyISAM only > databases is to copy the actual data folder from the 4.X version to a temp > place, then remove 4.x from the OS, install 5.X and then just put the 4.X > data > folder into the 5.X folder??? > > > Is it really that simple? Has anyone done this and can verify this > please? I > am thinking I am missing a few commands you have to run at least??? My > database > is pretty small is an only 1.8GB so I am thinking this is a walk in the > park :-) > > Please advise... > > And as always... TIA... >
> Nunzio What version of 4.x,� I upgraded between Debian stable versions and got burned because in the middle of the 4.x group MySQL changed to a more "correct" version of JOINs.� Didn't effect to data, which will should work as you expect, but did have subtle impact on the select statements embedded in various programs.� Read the release note between YOUR current and new versions. ------ William R. Mussatto Systems Engineer http://www.csz.com 909-920-9154
