After upgrading to WordPress to 3.2 all hell broke lose! I wasn’t able to even see the blog …

Your server is running PHP version 4.4.9 but WordPress 3.2 requires at least 5.2.4.

So I went ahead called my hosting provider and upgraded PHP and was able to see the blog but couldn’t add/update new posts…

You cannot update because WordPress 3.2 requires MySQL version 5.0 or higher.

Don’t Panic (These 5 steps worked for me and will probably get you past your little hurdle).

1. Backup your database (This is probably a MySQL 4.x database)
1. If you don’t know which database then
2. Open up Path_To_WP_Blog/wp-config.php
1. define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘jb007’); // The name of the database
2. define(‘DB_USER’, ‘jb007’); // Your MySQL username
2. Create a new MySQL 5.0 database
1. Note down credentials (Your hosting provider should have a way to get this for you)
1. $hostname
2. $dbname
3. $username
4. $password
3. Restore the Backed up 4.x database on the new 5.x database
1. Your hosting provider should have a way to get this for you
4. Update the wp-config.php
1. From the credentials you noted down in Step 2
5. When you login to your admin, WordPress may require a further update which is a painless click of a button and then you should be good to go!

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