[mythtv-users] Myth database "previously recorded table"

John Veness John.Veness.myth at pelago.org.uk
Sat May 3 15:08:39 UTC 2008


Nik Gibson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I recently had a disk crash on my myth box running 0.20, luckily I run  
> a nightly cron job to backup the database.   I figure this is a good  
> time to perform a fresh install and upgrade to 0.21.
> 
> Does anyone know if it possible to start with a fresh database and  
> restore only the "previously recorded program" data?
> 
> Or should I perform a fresh install, restore the old database and then  
> somehow upgrade the scheme?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Nik

Personally I would restore the entire database. The schema will be 
updated the first time one of the Myth apps connects to the database and 
realises it is out of date. As far as I've seen, 0.21 updates 0.20 
databases ok.

Cheers,

John

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John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T


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