I did get an error, but then it told me all was successful so I am not too worried. However, I thought I would post it just in case it means something.
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Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.7.1.zip
Unpacking the core update
Verifying the unpacked files
Installing the latest version
Upgrading database
WordPress database error: [Lost connection to MySQL server during query]
SELECT option_id, autoload FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = 'update_core'
WordPress upgraded successfully
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Any ideas what happened?
Mike