Table Error After Upgrading MySQL Server
April 19th 2015 Posted at Databases
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With the release of each new version of MySQL, the application goes advanced and safer. If you are upgrading your MySQL Server from an earlier version to later, it is highly recommended that you backup all the data first. Any errors while the upgrade process might result into database or table corruption errors, thereby making the data inaccessible. Thus, to restore such lost information, you will need to use your recent data backup or scan your damaged MySQL database using MySQL Database Recovery applications. These tools are repair utilities to restore damaged MySQL databases.
For an instance, after you upgrade MySQL 4.0 to MySQL 5.0.67, you might receive the following error message with one or more of the database tables:
“Incorrect key file for table ‘filename.MYI’; try to repair it”
This error indicates corruption of .MYI file that is the index file of database.
Cause
The above error results if .MYI file gets corrupted due to errors while upgrading or table incompatibilities issue with MySQL 5.0.67.
Solution
To check the database table for incompatibilities with the present version of MySQL, it is recommended to use mysql_upgrade. Besides checking the tables, the tool also upgrades the tables so that to make them compatible according to new features of MySQL.
However, to repair such damaged tables, you should perform these steps:
Run the below command to check table for inconsistencies:
Check Table tablename
Upon finding errors, execute the following command:
Repair Table tablename
If issue remains the same, restore from backup, if is available and valid
If you don’t have any valid data backup, you should use commercial MySQL Recovery to effectively repair and restore the database and its components.
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