Comments on: Dreaded 1and1.com MySQL 4.0 to 5.0 upgrade for your WordPress blog upgrade from version 2.86

By: admin

admin — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:53:01 +0000

Marcus,
If you stick with MySQL 4.0 the most recent version of WordPress you can use is 2.86. Will visitors to your site notice the difference, most likely not. Not upgrading to the latest version of WordPress just makes your site more vulnerable to hackers.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:28:13 +0000

Thanks for this info. I just have my family’s photo blog on WP with 1and1 as my host. Is going from MySQL 4 to 5 even worth it? What am I missing out on if I just stick with 4? Honestly, I don’t know if I’m up for the hassle.
Thanks.

By: David

David — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 04:37:11 +0000

Thank you for taking the time to document this — you have saved me (and doubtless scores of other 1and1 users) from hours of frustration!

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:45:43 +0000

Thanks! I think you solved my problem for moving my blog to WordPress 3.01 from 2.0 and MYSQL 4 to 5.

I did have to do a few things different.

There was so much text in my blog’s export window that it caused the import window to hang when I cut and paste the database.

Instead, I saved the database as a .sql file. Then I edited it and changed the three old database name entries at the top of the file to the new mysql 5.0 database name.

That caused a “can not create database error, already exists”.

So I took out the one line that said “create database” where I had put the new db name. Removing that line allowed it to work.

Thanks!

By: Mat Sutor

Mat Sutor — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:23:39 +0000

You are a life saver! Thank you!

By: Kari

Kari — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:41:48 +0000

Thank you! This has been soooooo helpful. 1&1 was no help in getting this done, but your post did the trick! Thanks!