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better follow Upgrade Advisor<br />
<a href="http://www.mysql.com/products/enterprise/advisors.html" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.mysql.com/products/enterprise/advisors.html</a>
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better follow Upgrade Advisor
http://www.mysql.com/products/enterprise/advisors.html [http://www.mysql.com/products/enterprise/advisors.html]

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Thnaks guys but am travelling for 4 days so will sort it out when I arrive
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Thnaks guys but am travelling for 4 days so will sort it out when I arrive

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I am wanting to upgrade mysql 5.0.51a to either version 5.1 or 5.5, is it best to just uninstall the original and re install new version. It will be on a Windows 2003 server. Also the data I have at the moment will it need to be updated
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I am wanting to upgrade mysql 5.0.51a to either version 5.1 or 5.5, is it best to just uninstall the original and re install new version. It will be on a Windows 2003 server. Also the data I have at the moment will it need to be updated

MySql upgrade

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