Dean, I have done it before. It worked.
Greg On Wed, 12 May 2004 02:35 pm, Dean Hamstead wrote: > is it possible to copy a database from one mysql installation > to another by copying the files > > obviously i could dump the database and reimport it > but thats not practical > > i just want to copy the files from /var/mysql and drop > them in on another machine > > can this be done, i assume i need to tell mysql about the > new files? > > Dean -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
