Upgrading 5.6 to 8.0 without losing any data I am using windows server. As per need of project I need to upgrade MySQL from 5.6 to 8.0 but I already have the existing databases and tables. How should I upgrade without losing any data in windows?
backup your data to sql dump file and upgrade by incrementing major version. 5.6 to 6 to 7 to 8.