[KLUG Members] MySQL migration from 4.0.27 to 5.0.37

[Michael Lueck]

Michael Lueck wrote:
> I may just specify to dump the 4.0.x database using utf8 and see how it 
> goes.

Indeed, putting --default-character-set=utf8 into both backup and restore commands seems to have worked very well. Database with known special characters - special characters seem to have survived the 
journey.

fffeeewww!!!

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Michael Lueck
Lueck Data Systems
http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/