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[Peter Sawczynec]

Dear Daniel Convissor or Hans or other Gurus: 

I want to safely upgrade MySQL on Windows Server 2003. 
I saw Dan's great tutorial at
http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/code/mybasic.htm#installation 
Based on current practices and issues, can I do the following: 

Move 1: The Upgrade 
1) Grab the "Windows (x86) Installer" to install MySQL 5. 
2) NET STOP mysql 
a) Install MySQL5 into new, unique directories. 
b) Specify a new name for the mysqld service. 
c) Listen on a different port. 
d) Run >> mysql_upgrade --user=root_user --password=user_pwd
--basedir=mysql5_basedir --datadir=mysql5_datadir 

Does moving from 4.1 to 5 introduce a new password encryption style issue
like 3.2 to 4.1? 
Will the above steps give me two safely seperated instances of MySQL on the
same box? 


Move 2: Data Transfer 
1) Dump the old MySQL 4.1 data, as Dan suggests. 
2) Make the "TYPE=ISAM" to "TYPE=MyISAM" change inside the dump file. 
3) Import into MySLQ 5. 

Will the above steps work and give me a dual MySQL4 and MySQL5? 

Thanks to any and all who can comment. 

Warmest regards,

Peter Sawczynec,
Technology Director
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