Forum Forum upgrade Issues and Confusions?

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I want to upgrade my forum from v 3.8.7 Patch Level 3 to 4.2.latest (stable one).

Current forum is MySQL v 4.1 & PHP 5.2 (windows based GoDaddy server)
That server has option of MySQL 5.0 too.

#1 - If I follow upgrade steps then to move mysql 4.1 database to new 5.0 - Not sure if installation would ask to move database if I created a new v 5.0 database before starting preocess? How this work typically.....common practices?


#2 - Looks I can't buy 4.2.x anymore and vBulletin forcing us to buy 5.0 BETA version. I don't want to jump any beta version. Should I stop thinking about upgrade for the time being or any option exist get 4.2.x?

Thx.


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