If you need a full walk through on how to upgrade your MySQL on Windows, this is the video for you. The nut of the solution is, you can’t upgrade, you backup, uninstall your old MySQL, install the new MySQL, then restore from backup.
If you see FAILED TO CONNECT TO MYSQL – BAD HANDSHAKE in MySQL Workbench, your database is likely unsupported. MySQL Workbench only supports MySQL databases version 5.1 and newer. Fortunately there is an easy way around this. Use the old MYSQL ADMINISTRATOR tool as shown below. In my case I Read more…
MySQL Administrator has been replaced with MySQL Workbench but many people still the Administrator and if you are one of them and find that the BACKUP or RESTORE options are greyed out, you need to either : Click the NEW PROJECT button at the bottom middle of the Window and Read more…
If you are new to databases or open source software it is easy to get lost trying to get software running on your systems. In this short video we explain and demonstrate how to download Install & Configure MySQL 8 on Windows 10 or Server 2016. We also briefly show Read more…