2.11.2 Downgrading MySQL Downgrading to MySQL 5.1 Downgrading from MySQL Enterprise Edition to MySQL Community Server

This section describes what you should do to downgrade to an older MySQL version in the unlikely case that the previous version worked better than the new one.




The following items form a checklist of things you should do whenever you perform a downgrade:





  2. Restart the newer MySQL server you are downgrading from.




It might also be the case that system tables in the mysql database have changed and that downgrading introduces some loss of functionality or requires some adjustments. Here are some examples: