Re: Moving databases from backups not working . . .

[Gleb Paharenko <suppressed>]

Hello.

> 3.23 to 4.0 and then upgrading from 4.0 to 4.1. Does that mean that I
> can't just move databases from a machine that was 3.23 to a machine
> that is 4.1?

You can, however usually it won't work as supposed without additional
actions (like index repairing).





Curious George wrote:
> Thanks for the replies so far,
> I still haven't got this figured out, but I left out one important
> piece of information. I'm moving 3.23 databases to a 4.1 installation.
> Looking at the documentation, I see instructions for upgrading from
> 3.23 to 4.0 and then upgrading from 4.0 to 4.1. Does that mean that I
> can't just move databases from a machine that was 3.23 to a machine
> that is 4.1?
> 
> I have the entire old mysql/data folder copied to the new machine (in
> my user folder - not in the new mysql/data folder).
> 
> The original machine is not really working at the moment - a kernel
> panic caused by I-don't-know-what. But I've replicated everything
> important from it to the new machine and want to do the same with the
> mysql databases, except I'm running into this "how to move 3.23
> databases" into a 4.1 installation problem.
> 
> Any suggestions, now that I have made the problem a little clearer?
> 
> TIA
> 


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