On 2/22/07, John Hinton <webmaster at ew3d.com> wrote: > Are there any gotchas with doing a MySQL5 upgrade from the centosplus > repostitory? Can this be done as an update via yum or do I need to > uninstall and the install? There wasn't anything on this in the > readme.txt file. I've been using mysql5 in production for quite a while now. It works fine, and I've done many direct upgrades from mysql4 to mysql5 with yum. However if you already have a fair amount of data in the database, I'd still take a fresh backup just in case. It's always the time you aren't prepared that you get bitten :-P -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell