While I haven't tested this, you might try something like...
mysqldump -h <host> -u <userid> -p <database> | mysql -h <newhost> -u
<new_userid> -p <database>
or, share out and NFS mount the new system's partition to the old system
and do a dump that way.
Just a few thoughts,
Ron
Richard Idalski wrote:
>
> I have before me what seems to be a very daunting task to someone with my
> limited SQL knowledge. I'm upgrading our ad server which runs on MySQL
> 3.22.32 to a newer machine and MySQL 3.23.39. Right now there are 16GB worth
> of databases that need to be transferred over, and the old server lacks
> enough hard disks space to even do a dump on one of those tables. So is
> there a way I can do a mysqldump directly from the old machine to the new
> one over the network? And if I can or if I'm offered a better way to do
> this, will the difference in MySQL version affect anything?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help/information.
>
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