[mythtv-users] Can a backup of a 0.20 database be imported to a 0.21 install?

[Duncan Brown]

Joe Borne wrote:
> I'm going to be migrating from 0.20 to 0.21 soon and at the same time 
> undertaking a hardware reconfiguration and change of OS. I have 
> everything else mapped out and planned well and I feel very confident 
> in the migration.
>
> One piece remains though that is uncharted territory for me as I am 
> not much of a MySQL expert, or very knowledgable about databases in 
> general. I need to know if it's possible to migrate my MythTV database 
> data by backing it up and restoring it. I've done this before, but 
> only in a 0.20 to 0.20 situation and I know there are significant 
> differences in 0.21.
>
> So, has anyone done this? If so do you have documentation?
>
> The best thing I have found so far is here:
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO.html#toc23.5
> and following the directions up through 23.7
>
>
> Thanks in advance everyone.
Hi

As long as you create and restore the database before you install 0.21 
it will upgrade the database schema automatically

cheers

Dunc