Re: Trouble importing old .sql files

[Peter Brawley]

> I was asking about converting the .sql dump
> file (like converting an old .doc file to .docx)

As you said, you're "migrating a MySQL 4.19 system to an 8.15 (or 8.21) system". That's not like converting an old Word file.

The likelihood of success loading a .csv import file into a MySQL instance of another version diminishes the further away that version is, and once it loads, you'll still need to regression-test the db to find the problems. MySQL supports moving by one major version at a time: you import, regression-test, fix problems, export ... then repeat for each major version till you reach your target.