On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 10:04:42AM -0600 or thereabouts, Luis Hidalgo wrote: > Hi, > > I need some of the "new" functions of mysql 4.1 (I'm currently on 4.0), and > I think that just apt-installing mysql 4.1 won't work in preserving my > current > databases and tables. I could export everything to text files, unless there > is a way to do it from 4.0 to 4.1.
Well for sure to be safe, backup. However, I haven't had any problems
doing an upgrade, (with official Debian packages) specifically when
upgrading MySQL. Aptitude kept my databases intact. The same when I
upgraded from Sarge to Etch, recently.
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Stephen A.
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