Andrew Audvare’s separate reply (for some reason not showing yet in my email,
although sent before yours), advised:
- stopmysql 5.7 [no problem: I can’t start it!!]
- backup existing 5.7 database
- move my.cnf to "appropriate location" <— not sure what this means!
Surely I want it to be in /opt/local/etc/mysql8
- start mysql8
BUT what about the mysql8 initialization step: do I want to SKIP that, since I
already have a mysql 5.7 database to use (i.e., to upgrade automatically)?
Does the initialization do anything else besides creating a new database?
> On 2 Oct2020, at 5:37 PM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Oct 2, 2020, at 15:45, Murray Eisenberg wrote:
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>> Step 6: Database upgrade as necessary
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> You used to have to upgrade the database manually but according to Oracle's
> documentation mysql 8.0.16 and later do it for you automatically.
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> https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/upgrading-what-is-upgraded.html
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> That's just one of many pages in the section of their manual on upgrading.
> There may be other useful information in there for you.
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