> Yes, you can just copy from Win to Linux, but I suggest you to use
> mysqldump instead and copy a dump file.
I know it is probably not necessary to point this out, but you probably
would have zero success directly copying the database files from MSWin
to, say, linux/ppc.
Definitely best to use
Hanxue,
Wednesday, July 17, 2002, 8:39:03 AM, you wrote:
HL> I just want to know if I can just copy a MySQL database from, say Windows 2000
HL> to Linux. Will it still work? Does it has binary data compabilities?
Yes, you can just copy from Win to Linux, but I suggest you to use
mysqldump instea
>From MySQL manual:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/M/o/Moving.html
http://www.mysql.com/doc/U/p/Upgrading-to-arch.html
I have tried and it works in HP-Solaris and LINUX, but
I tend to agree with Cal, my recomendation is to use
an alternative procedure such as dumping and
importing.
Bye and Good Luc
e Lee; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: MySQL in different OSes
Yes and no.
No, you can't (shouldn't) copy the file from one server to another. Bad
Mojo. It MAY work if you are only using MyISAM file types but no promises
there.
You would be much better off using mysqldump to dump the c
Yes and no.
No, you can't (shouldn't) copy the file from one server to another. Bad
Mojo. It MAY work if you are only using MyISAM file types but no promises
there.
You would be much better off using mysqldump to dump the contents of your
databases to a text file and then re-importing them on th
