On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 03:41:24PM -0700, Karl Stubsjoen wrote: > Hello, > > Any help downgrading my MySQL Server from 4.0.0.0ALPHA to 3.23 would be a > huge help. I'm not sure where to start. Do I need to save records to a > flat file and then reimport them?
I'm not sure if this is the right answer, but under gentoo I've moved from 3.x to 4.0.x and back again with no changes to the database, re-importing, or anything, I just installed the new mysql and restarted it. If I'd *thought* before doing this I would have doing a "mysqldump -c --all-databases" first, but I didn't :) Lucky for me nothing happened! YMMV of course, but I'd probably suggest just doing a mysqldump to make sure you have your data safe, and then just switch binaries. Depending on the OS you're running and the packaging system you're using you may have to worry about it deleting /var/lib/mysql when you uninstall the old package, but I'd hope that package maintainers wouldn't just nuke a db directory without warning :) alan -- Alan "Arcterex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -=][=- http://arcterex.net "I used to herd dairy cows. Now I herd lusers. Apart from the isolation, I think I preferred the cows. They were better conversation, easier to milk, and if they annoyed me enough, I could shoot them and eat them." -Rodger Donaldson --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
