It is possible to do this but is is not as easy as you may think it will be. You will have to apply the insert query's from the dump one at a time by hand and see what fails and make corrections. Even then I would just back it all up and run mysql-upgrade.
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Alex Dean <a...@crackpot.org> wrote: > > On Jul 27, 2010, at 12:46 AM, Eric Cope wrote: > >> Hello all, >> I am upgrading my MySQL test server from 5.0.41 to 5.1.44. Is there any >> reason I can't just dump all databases in phpmyadmin including mysql and >> information_schema and import them into the new database? Copying the other >> databases is easy, I just don't want to have to go and re-grant all the >> different users to all the different databases. > > I don't think you can import information_schema. IIRC, it's like the /proc > filesystem, created by the system to give you a convenient way to access > data. I think you can just let the upgraded server create this data. > > For the 'mysql' database, new tables & columns may have been added in 5.1. > There were new things added in 4.0, 4.1 and 5.0, and you don't want to miss > those. But you can run a post-upgrade script which will check your 'mysql' > database and create any missing priv columns. > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysql-upgrade.html > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/upgrading.html > > The docs are good. Use 'em! > > alex > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
