Re: Compatibility of data files across platforms

2004-09-02 Thread Heikki Tuuri
Alex, since the floating point format in all the common architectures is the same nowadays, you can freely copy data files and .frm files across platforms. To avoid problems in table name case, use always lower case table names and database names: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Moving.html "

Compatibility of data files across platforms

2004-09-02 Thread Alex
Hi list, In general, is there any guarantee that the .frm and innodb files (including logs) will be exactly the same cross-platform? More specifically, would the database data files created on Windows work when placed on an OSX installation of the same version? Assume whatever version of mysq