In most cases, your current approach should work. However, the best way to ensure that everything would work is to import/export since that way you have text data which you import into any DB/version/OS. However, that would take longer. If you have absoultely the same environment on all the computers, your approach should certainly work.
Regards, Bhavin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prashant Pai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 8:59 AM Subject: data migration between different computers with mysql > Hi, > > I am new to the database world, so I wanted to get some facts straight. I > have built an application which runs with MySQL. I want to distribute the > application along with the data. The target computers would also have MySQL. > I have observed that I can zip up the data directory under mySQL and then > unzip it in the target computer and it works. > > What I want to know is whether, this is the best and easiest way. (the other > being to import/export to text files, XML etc.) or are they are chasms which > I fail to see? > > thanks. > > ps: It would be great if you could cc your replies to this one > prashantpaiAThotmailDOTcom > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
