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[mikesz at qualityadvantages.com]

Hans C. Kaspersetz wrote:

> Well, I did finally get a copy of MySQL 4.0.x installed on my 
> computer.  It looks like the tables are really corrupt.   The iasmchk 
> utility wasn't able to recover them.  I am kinda bummed but live and 
> learn.  Now I have MySQL 4.0.x, 4.1.x and 5.0.x installed on my 
> computer just for this case.
>
> When I ran ALTER TABLE phpbb_users TYPE = MYISAM  in MySQL 4.0 it 
> wiped the tables clean.  They showed no records.
>
> When I ran ALTER TABLE phpbb_users TYPE = MYISAM  in MySQL 4.1 or 5.0 
> I got the same silly error I was getting earlier from MySQL.
>
> Thank for the help guys.
> Hans
>
> Jon Baer wrote:
>
>> Actually after reading your original email all you need to do is a 
>> bulk search/replace and change ...
>>
>>>> ALTER TABLE phpbb_users TYPE = MYISAM
>>>
>>
>> to
>>
>>>> ALTER TABLE phpbb_users ENGINE = MYISAM
>>>
>
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What happened when you ran "ALTER TABLE phpbb_users ENGINE = MYISAM" as 
suggested?

I also have 40, 41 and 50 running on my system and it saves me a lot of 
grief when dealing with my clients who can be running any of them...

regards, mikesz