I do quite a bit of my testing in a local environment, and with the serialized data, moving databases got to be a hassle. I found the site below and the tool he has works great. I used it to also move all my image files for the upgrade to V5 so I didn’t have to leave the old folder in place. 🙂
http://interconnectit.com/124/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/
sounds nice! thanks for the tip…
just an fyi, but via phpmyadmin, db search and replace: http://www.mediacollege.com/computer/database/mysql/find-replace.html
but sure the plugin is more exhaustive…
glad to see the new forum getting used!!!!
Yes, I know I could do it directly but then I have to remember the code, this way it does it for me. Until recently I only used Notepad+ as my local environment matches the production site numerically, however a few themes do something else so I’ve had to start serializing it (whatever that means). I only know enough to be dangerous 
understand!
but I can recommend a very good alternative to notepad+… its issue with newlines has bitten many folks… give phpDesigner a try instead…
Nice I’ll have to give it a try. I use Notepad++ for quickie things as it’s so fast to open files, and it will open a host file directly 
For actual code css & html mostly; I only play in php 
I use WebBuilder, but I will give that a test run. Thanks!
love phpDesigner… not free… but LSE (language sensitive editor)… hooks into svn, ftp, git, and many more…
Mr Papa said
understand!but I can recommend a very good alternative to notepad+… its issue with newlines has bitten many folks…
Yes it has 