by Ken Task.
Don't host with GoDaddy so this is off top of head from reading too many of those 'catch 22' docs of shared hosted services offerings. ;)
Me thinks one should be prepared for failure. :| At least I hope so (sorry to say that) cause it could mean a lot of holes in their shared system. Do you ever wonder what protects users from one another on a shared system?
Or, worse yet, be prepared to have GoDaddy disable your account on shared hosted box IF you do find a way to install a higher version of MySQL and successfully get it to serve ... if they 'catch' you.
What does your agreement with GoDaddy say?
just my 2 cents!
'spirit of sharing', Ken