Environment
Situation
I would like to upgrade to Retain 3.x; however, the current database is MySQL 5.1 and Retain 3.x requires 5.5.x or 5.6.x.
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Resolution
MySQL must be upgraded.
Upgrading MySQL
1. Stop Tomcat on the Retain server.
2. Perform a dump of the database.
3. Download MySQL 5.x (supported versions for Retain 3.5 are 5.5 and 5.6). onto the server on which you want to install it.
4. Install MySQL and configure the retain database.
Refer to the appendix of the Windows Install Guide for instructions.
5. Import the dump into the new retain database.
a) Open a command window (cmd).
c) Change directories to: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin (the beginning of the path depends upon where MySQL was installed).
b) Type: mysql -u root -p retain < [path to dump file]\[dump filename]
EX: mysql -u root -p retain < d:\dump\2013-12-11.sql
NOTE: This assumes that the ..\MySQL\bin directory is in the path.
6. (Optional) Reboot the server to clear memory; otherwise, just start Tomcat.