On Tuesday 31 August 2010 20:30:55 Mick wrote: > > But this is apparently not the proper way, because after > > restarting the server, apache does not show my web-page > > reporting there is no such a database. I checked it with > > phpmyadmin, and really, there is absolutely no database > > in mysql! > > > > I quickly restored backup version which I have done just > > before trying mysql-update, so my web-site is up and running. > > Now I would like to update mysql the right way, I but do not > > know how to do it... > > Hi Jarry, > > Some years ago I ran into some similar problem, I can't recall exactly > what. Lost in folklore (wiki?) were some instructions to first stop mysql > before you update it and I have been following them since. > > I stop apach & mysql, run the update, dispatch-conf and then restart them > both. Haven't had problems since. > > There may be a better way for doing this - in which case others who know > better will hopefully chime in.
I'm curious as well. Imo it shouldn't be necessary to stop mysql server for each update.
