different version mysql

[asmith]

i have mysql 4.1 .

 

i have get some mysql data from some company, i copies the folder into mysql data folder. and i open mysql query brower, and saw they were there.

 

but i can't open them , as it says :  the TABLE_NAME is create with another version of mysql and cannot be read.

 

in their config php file it is wrtieen about database :

Supported servers are:

#              MySQL, mysql4, postgres, mssql, oracle, msaccess,

#              db2 and mssql-odbc

 

 

as i have some data in my own mysql database and i don't wanna lose them ,  is there any plugin i make my mysql database read the company tables? or maybe i install 2 different mysql ?

[mwasif]

You can install and run 2 different mysql versions on the same machine at the same time without any problem. You just have to install new mysql on a port different than 3306. Most likely your existing mysql will be running on 3306.