Upgrading Mysql

[markanite]

Can you recommend a tutorial for upgrading from mysql 3.23 to 4.0.16 (or higher) so I can use your program? I have shell access and it is dedicated.

[Steve Machol]

The best place to start is over at the MySQL home site: http://www.mysql.com

[markanite]

Thanks. I had already read most of their documentation on the subject.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/upgrading-from-3-23.html

I was hoping that someone knew about a much simpler way of doing this. This seems ridiculously complicated to upgrade a program (though server management is far from my strong suite).

Is there any service on the VBulletin staff that would do this for me (for $ of course)? My host would take forever...

[Steve Machol]

No sorry, we do not provide any services to install or upgrade server applications.

[eva2000]

If you aren't comfortable or don't know how to update mysql, then best to pay or get your web host to do the upgrade for you. That would ensure you have it done right the first time :)

If you do update, go to mysql 4.0.27 from 3.23.xx

[newtonbm]

No sorry, we do not provide any services to install or upgrade server applications.

Not the most "customer friendly" response. A better one would have been.. "well sir, we are working on a file or patch that will allow you to use the older MySQL DB with the newer version of VBulletin minus a few features not supported but the older version of MySql"

[newtonbm]

If you aren't comfortable or don't know how to update mysql, then best to pay or get your web host to do the upgrade for you. That would ensure you have it done right the first time :)

If you do update, go to mysql 4.0.27 from 3.23.xx

In a perfect world that would be excellent. However, what happens if the MySql server is a shared server (VPS) for all the clients the webprovider services. Upgrading will affect other client DB's.

So, we are back to square one. How can 3.6.x work with the 3.23.x version of MySql.

I will say, Eva... I really appreciate your thoroughness and expertise. Your are extremely knowledgeable.

[Floris]

How is apologizing that we unfortunately not offer a service we'd love to provide .. not be customer friendly?

[Wayne Luke]

So, we are back to square one. How can 3.6.x work with the 3.23.x version of MySql.


Sorry, for technical reasons, we have dropped support for MySQL 3.23 with vBulletin in the 3.6 series. One of the primary ones is that MySQL no longer even provides ongoing support for these older versions. The versions we have as our minimum recommended requirements are over 3 years old and have the widest acceptance right now in the industry.

You can use vBulletin 3.5.X with MySQL 3.23 though. We have no plans to backport the 3.6 series to this old version though. This wasn't a decision that was made lightly and we know that it impacts some customers negatively. Overall though, your hosting provider should provide machines with newer versions available and should be able to move your site to one with little or no cost.

[eva2000]

In a perfect world that would be excellent. However, what happens if the MySql server is a shared server (VPS) for all the clients the webprovider services. Upgrading will affect other client DB's.

So, we are back to square one. How can 3.6.x work with the 3.23.x version of MySql.

I will say, Eva... I really appreciate your thoroughness and expertise. Your are extremely knowledgeable.
if you're on VPS then i'd plan ahead and inform all VPS clients that their mysql server version is being upgraded for security and bug fixing reasons... it's for their own good that they upgrade mysql :)