Upgrading MySQL strategies

2004-06-24 Thread Doug Poland
Hello, Does someone have a strategy for upgrading MySQL? For example, I'm currently running 5.2.1-RELEASE with mysql-server-4.1.1_2. The current MySQL version is 4.1.2. If I simply run portupgrade, will the new MySQL binary be OK with the older-style database files? If I were to dump the

Re: Upgrading MySQL strategies

2004-06-24 Thread David Fuchs
Doug Poland wrote: Does someone have a strategy for upgrading MySQL? I've searched the archives and have turned up nothing useful. One would think this would be covered in MySQL's excellent on-line docs, but I could find no mention of upgrading. Hi Doug, As a rule, you shouldn't trust that

Re: Upgrading MySQL strategies

2004-06-24 Thread Doug Poland
David Fuchs said: Doug Poland wrote: Does someone have a strategy for upgrading MySQL? I've searched the archives and have turned up nothing useful. One would think this would be covered in MySQL's excellent on-line docs, but I could find no mention of upgrading. Hi Doug, As a rule,