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Debian5 Lenny and MySQL Server 5.1.x

Bysherwin September 15, 2010

I am running Debian5 Lenny which is running Virtualmin and Webmin. The default configurations install MySQL server 5.0.51. MySQL’s website has version 5.1.x. I wanted to update the version on my Debian box. Unfortunately, Debian considers MySQL 5.0.51 as the stable version, while version 5.1.49 is considered unstable. You can install it by updating your /etc/apt/sources.list file. Add the following lines and save.

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main

After saving the file, update the apt-get.

apt-get update

You can continue to use apt-get and install the newer version of MySQL server or use the Webmin web gui. You can search for it under System/Software Packages, then search for “mysql-server”. You will see the newer version. Before you install it, make sure you have backed up your database, it will remove the old one.

It took some time to find the information. I had to browse different websites and piece together the information. It’s funny how something this common, is hard to find a solution to on one web page. I hope this helps Linux noobs like me out there. Do keep in mind that Debian considers this version of MySQL unstable.

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Windows 2008 and MSSQL Server 2005 not allowing remote connections

Bysherwin September 15, 2010

If you think you checked every setting in MSSQL Server that allows remote connections, you may have missed the Windows firewall setting. I have installed MSSQL 2005 many times on Windows 2000 Server, 2003, and 2008 and never ran into the remote connection problem. What’s happening is I’m unable to connection using the Management Studio…

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ASO and MySQL Workbench error

Bysherwin November 8, 2013December 31, 2021

I recently switched over to A Small Orange as a host provider and have been happy with their services so far. My websites are running faster than they did before. But now I run into a small issue. I use MySQL Workbenchto work on databases. It’s a great software. But I get an error when…

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MySQL backup and restore databases with views

Bysherwin February 4, 2008December 31, 2021

We recently installed OS X Leopard Server at work. I had to take MySQL databases from our old Tiger Server and restore them onto the new XServes. Both servers are running MySQL Server version 5.0.45 but our Tiger server is running MySQL Client version 5.0.22 while our Leopard servers are running MySQL Client version 5.1.18….

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WIMP on Windows 7 – Windows, IIS, MySQL and PHP

Bysherwin April 9, 2014December 31, 2021

In the past it was always a bit challenging to get WIMP installed, at least for me it was. I ended up using installers for PHP and even then which version would I use, fast cgi or that other one (can’t seem to remember the name, it’s been a while). Recently, I had to create…

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Django and MySQL problems

Bysherwin February 6, 2013

I’ve been checking out Python and Django and I’m impressed at what it can do. It’s efficient and has more things built-in compared to PHP and CodeIgniter. Unfortunately, I ran into some issues when installing the python-mysqldb. Without it, I can’t connect to MySQL – I could do sqlite3 fine though. I have existing projects…

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How to convert MSSQL date format to MySQL

Bysherwin August 14, 2007

I recently had to transfer over some databases from MSSQL Server 2000 to MySQL. Unfortunately, the date format that MSSQL keeps is MM-DD-YYYY HH:MM:SS am/pm. MySQL uses YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS (24hour format). For example, 8/14/2007 5:00:00 PM (MSSQL format) and 2007-08-14 17:00:00 (MySQL format). In MySQL, we can use the date_format(). But what is the equivalent…

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