A clean install is not necessary. I subsequently discovered that there is information on mysql.com which points to the fact that:
- Apple has gone about it's own business of accomodating mysql which it does not provide an obvious notice or alert for in the 10.2 Installer. It creates a mysql...
After an upgrade to 10.2, the following happened to my mysql user (standard mysql installation where a new user "mysql" was created)
1. The mysql files were overwritten.
2. The mysql user had disappeared from the OS X Accounts Preferences window although the user still existed.
3. It was no...