I am already running my blog on Ghost version 5.107 and using MySQL database. On another cloud server, I have install fresh Ghost which is version 120. But from the older site running on Ghost 5.107, I have exported the MySQL database and replaces the tables of new Ghost 5.120 with it. Somehow the new Ghost site is working properly. Does this mean, the new Ghost version 5.120 doesn’t have any changes in database structure than the Ghost 5.107? Does this mean I don’t have to be worry about my site and it will work with the old database?
A safer way to do this is likely to reinstall Ghost with the same version, to import the sql dump, and then to run the upgrade to 5.120. There were a number of database changes, and if your process didn’t trigger them (it might or might not have ??), you’re potentially headed for a bunch of unwanted and quirky behavior.
Thank you for this idea. It’s a great idea.
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