From: Sergei Golubchik
Date: December 29 2003 3:17pm
Subject: Re: MySQL 5.0.0 has been released
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Hi!

On Dec 29, Thomas Spahni wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is there any change in data format for MySQL 5.0.0? Is it safe (for a user
> of stable 4.0.17) to test 5.0.0 on existing data and then go back to
> 4.0.17 for production?

As far as I know it should be safe.
But, of course, a backup is always recommended :)

Regards,
Sergei

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