How to Upgrade to MySQL 5.0

  question one. i do i upgrade my MySQL to version 5 without loosing my database and how can i connect to an external mysql from a different server..

Second Question:
Connecting Mql server form a Different server

Once you have the database name, username and password, you can connect to the database easily
Note that, depending on where it was created, your database may be on nairaland database servers for instance. If so you would have been given the name of the database server, for instance "db1.int.nairaland.com". In that case you should add an appropriate -h option to the command line:

$ mysql -h db1.int.nairaland.com -u username -p database-name
Enter password: enter your password; it won't be echoed
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 396905 to server version: 3.23.x

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

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