Post meta for attachments not unserializing

I’ve installed a local copy of WP v2.0.1 using XAMPP v1.4.16. I uploaded/attached multiple files using the inline uploading feature. The meta data is serialized and saved into the database fine. Everything works and unserializes perfect. Until I migrated my local copy to my server…

I exported the MySQL database as SQL, made the appropriate changes to reflect the server name change and file structure changes. Etc etc. Everything works, presto. Except for one thing: when the inline-uploading.php is calling 1get_post_meta1 for the attachments – the function 1maybe_unserialize1 (calling PHP’s unserialize) doesn’t unserialize the string of meta data in the DB as an array. It comes out as a string and messes the inline uploading up.

I figure this has something to do with how I export the SQL and then reexecute the SQL statements on the server database. Is there some way I can fix this without re-uploading every file through the inline uploading forms?

I know my way around PHP and MySQL databases, and I understand object serialization. Where does the hangup occur between exporting the serialized data and importing the data. Or is there some other setting or DB option I’m missing? PHP isn’t recognizing the data as serializable. Does this have something to do with it running on different versions/implementations of the PHP engine?

Please help. Thank you!

Ryan Scheuermann