MySQL 5.0: When, why and how to upgrade
January 20th, 2009
Source: http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1130131,00.html
If a company is running MySQL 4 now and is happy with it, shouldn’t it stick with that version? Yes and no, says Mike Hillyer, this site’s resident MySQL expert. In this tip, he discusses when and why MySQL users should upgrade, the benefits of MySQL’s new features, and how to evaluate and deploy [...]