… I did in place upgrade from 5.0->5.1, I got the following errors in the mysql_upgrade output: error : Table upgrade required. Please do “REPAIR…
Comment: What's the recommended MySQL version?
… with figuring out if there are some compelling reasons to upgrade ( like software becoming obsolete ), figure out a new support path…. You could peruse the changelogs between 5.0 / 5.1 / 5.5 and build a pretty strong case. Specific to 5.0, it’s always been a crapball…
Post: The story of one MySQL Upgrade
… upgrade are very different depending on the upgrade version – upgrade from MySQL 4.1 to 5.0 had a lot of different issues than upgrade from MySQL 5.0 to 5.1 Also, Maatkit…
Post: Upgrading MySQL
… minor version – Upgrade of MySQL 5.0.30 to 5.0.32 is generally likely to expose less issues than 5.0.30 to 5.0.86. The largest amount of potential issues happens when you upgrade to different major version, especially if you skip over one. MySQL 5.0 to 5.1 upgrade is a lot safer upgrade path than 4.1 to 5.1…
Post: MySQL Upgrade Webinar Questions Followup
… 5.0 to 5.5 for MyISAM tables? MyISAM have not been getting any significant development since MySQL 4.1, so in-place upgrade of MySQL 5.0 to MySQL 5.5 should be rather safe from data… go over normal upgrade checks you should be fine. Q: What are the key concerns upgrading MySQL 4.1 to MySQL 5.5? This is…
Post: Percona Server 5.1.58-12.9
…, have been to improve compatibility for those upgrading from MySQL 5.0 or 5.1 prior to version 5.1.24. A fix for a MySQL bug (#27877) introduced an incompatible change in collations in MySQL 5.1… ‘s’), when upgrading from 5.0 / 5.1.23 or lower: any indexes on columns in that situation must be rebuilt after the upgrade, and unique…
Post: MySQL Installation and upgrade scripts.
… – upgrading to the new major version make sure you upgrade to latest current version at first. Ie upgrade to recent MySQL 5.0 before upgrading to MySQL 5.1 – this makes sure you will be at somewhat tested upgrade/downgrade path and…
Post: Percona Server 5.5.14-20.5
…, have been to improve compatibility for those upgrading from MySQL 5.0 or 5.1 prior to version 5.1.24. A fix for a MySQL bug (#27877) introduced an incompatible change in collations in MySQL 5.1… ‘s’), when upgrading from 5.0 / 5.1.23 or lower: any indexes on columns in that situation must be rebuilt after the upgrade, and unique…
Comment: MySQL Installation and upgrade scripts.
… my 2 cents: I tried to upgrade from 4.1.19 to: 5.0.24a – fast, “check for upgrade” did not trigger table repairs (bad…/fixes. 5.0.27 – slow, with “check for upgrade” repairs, problems with auto_increment values in the replication binlogs (bug #24432) 5.0.36sp1 – slow, with “check for upgrade” repairs…
Post: Speaking on San Francisco Meetup 14-Dec : What's new in XtraDB/InnoDB-plugin 5.1+
… in MySQL 5.1 and 5.5 and, what is pay attention to, when you upgrade from MySQL 5.0. Although I personally mostly in 5.1->5.5 upgrade area, Erin insured me that upgrade from MySQL 5.0 is still actually…

