[mythtv-users] moving database from FC4 to gentoo (mysql 4 to 5)

[Brad Fuller]

David Campbell wrote:
> Brad Fuller wrote:
>   
>> I'm looking thru the online MySql docs but can't find the answer. The 
>> mythtv gossamer threads server seems to be down (Unable to connect to 
>> search server: Connection refused)
>>
>> I'm trying to move a mythtv database from FC4 to Gentoo
>>
>> On the FC4 machine running mysql version 4 I dumped the mythconverg 
>> database using:
>> mysql dump -tc -u mythtv -p mythconverg > mythdb.sql
>>
>> On the gentoo machine (it's actually the same machine) I ran the
>> mysql -u root -p < /usr/share/mythtv/database/mc.sql
>>
>> because I figured I needed to add the user first.
>>
>> I DROP'd the database and I tried to restore the database using from the 
>> FC4 database:
>>
>> mythsql -u mythtv -p mythconverg < mythdb.sql
>>
>> but I receive the following error:
>>
>> ERROR 1146 (42S02) at line 21: Table 'mythconverg.callsignnetworkmap' 
>> doesn't exist.
>>     
>
> 1. delete the database on gentoo
>
> mysql -uroot -p
>
> mysql> drop database mythconverg;
>
> Then recreate it;
>
> mysql> create database mythconverg;
>
> 2. Dump the myth db on the fc server
>
> mysqldump --opt -uroot -p mythconverg > mythconverg.sql
>   

I did see the --opt option in the MySql docs and I noted it. I wanted to 
get some more opinions about it first. Thanks!

you did not add a "-c" option which i see all the time. Why?

> 3. import the database on the gentoo server
>
> mysql -uroot -p mythconverg < mythconverg.sql
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