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http://www.phpmyadmin.net
phpMyAdmin 2.6.4-rc1 - August 28th, 2005
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A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the Web.
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Announcement
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The phpMyAdmin Project is proud to announce the immediate
availability of the first release candidate for phpMyAdmin 2.6.4.
phpMyAdmin is a web administration tool for MySQL databases, intended to
handle a whole database server as well as a single database. Over the years,
it has become the most popular Web GUI for MySQL and is downloaded
between 6,000
and 14,000 times a day, according to SourceForge.net.
Highlights
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Improvements:
* Foreign-key dropdowns can be more customized
* Export: configurable filename templates
* Display column comments while editing data
* Transformations: new hexadecimal mode
* HTTP auth: support FastCGI
* Themes: can now have different theme per server
* OLD_PASSWORD in the list of functions
* Better messages when checking numerical input
* Allow adding DROP TABLE when copying databases
* Better support of information_schema
* Various interface CSS improvements
* Tree subgroups in left panel database selector
* Documentation: links and anchors to every FAQ item
* Table comments move to page header
* Export: configurable default charset
* Removed warning about PmaAbsoluteUri not set
Fixes:
* Database search in MySQL 5.0.x on fields without a charset
* Invalid "normal" cursor style
* Browsing state when deleting multiple rows
* Support bigger queries in print view, insert row, export results
* Unsaved changes to relations were lost when changing display field
* Exporting under IE 6 (Windows XP SP2)
* Better catching of parse errors in config file
* XSS on the cookie-based login panel
* Show all while browsing foreign values
* Escaping of special characters in ENUM or SET
* XSS on table creation page
* Using mysqli extension with MySQL 4.0.x
* "empty result set" message was sometimes not returned
* Incorrect message "You should define a primary key"
* Abide cfg['Lang'] settings even if using MySQL > 4.1.x
Detailed list of changes is available under
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt
Availability
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This software is available under the GNU General Public License V2.0.
You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.
If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it's recommended to
subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes.
It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few
mail every year.
Support and Documentation
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The documentation is included in the software package as text and
HTML file, but can also be downloaded from:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/
The software is provided as is without any express or implied
warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Bugs"]
In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
related to phpMyAdmin. A list of mailing lists with archives
is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067 or
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Lists"]
Finally, an users support forum is also available under:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=72909
Known bugs
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Please subscribe to the news mailing list under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.
Donations
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The project accepts donations to help improve the product. There is
a "Donations" link on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Description
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phpMyAdmin handles the administration of MySQL over the Web. It
can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database.
Currently it can:
- create, copy, rename and drop databases
- create, copy, drop, rename and alter tables
- do table maintenance
- delete, edit and add fields
- execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
- manage keys on fields
- load text files into tables
- create and read dumps of tables
- export data to CSV, XML and Latex formats
- administer multiple servers
- manage MySQL users and privileges
- check referential integrity
- using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically
connecting required tables
- create PDF graphics of your Database layout
- search globally in a database or a subset of it
- communicate in 50 different languages
Authors & Copyright
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Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller..com>
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
Alexander M. Turek <me_at_derrabus.de>
Michal Cihar <michal_at_cihar.com>
Garvin Hicking <me_at_supergarv.de>
Marcel Tschopp <ne0x_at_users.sourceforge..net>
+ many other people
(check the CREDITS section of our documentation)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Marc Delisle/ 2005-08-28
