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Old 10-01-2002, 05:43 PM  
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Originally posted by Apollo
Since you have root access you can simply tar the var/ directory inside mysql and untar it on the new server....as long as the new version of MySQL supports the table type you used to use you should be fine. I use this method regularly for both backups and database duplication
Excellent thanks.

Will I have to shut down mysql first?
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