Developers September 2003

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RE: [Phpmyadmin-devel] about arbitrary auth_type
by Rabus 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hi Marc, Michal & list, Marc Delisle wrote: > > Michal Cihar a écrit: > > > There should still be posibility to disable this, to keep > > iterface as simple as possible (eg. with just one server). > > > > Michal > > Michal, > > well, if you like. But I think that having this: > -------------------- > > Server choice: [(drop-down)] > or [enter server name] > -------------------- > > would not clutter the interface too much. Plus it opens the > eyes of users about this feature if we always show it, or if > we show it by default. > > Currently if we have just one server, we even don't show it > on the login page, and I think that showing it would be an > improvement. > > Also, the auth_type 'arbitrary' somehow hides the fact that > the mode is really cookie. > It has to be possible to disable the arbitary server mode. Not for cosmetic reasons: for security reasons! Let's imagin a small company network with two servers: server 1 and server 2, both running the MySQL server software. Server 1 is connected to the internet permanently. The MySQL database on server 1 sometimes has to be accessed from outside the network. This is why the sysadmin installed phpMyAdmin on server 1. The MySQL server on server 2 contains serious data and may not be accessible from the internet. Nevertheless, this database powers some php scripts running on server 1, so server 1 has to be able to connect to server 2's MySQL database. In this case, phpMyAdmin would be a security hole, if the arbitrary server mode wouldn't be configurable. In addition to this, an internet user would not only be able to access server 1 and 2, he would also be able to use the owner's bandwidth to access thousands of different servers all over the world. Regards, Alexader

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[Phpmyadmin-devel] Compressed exports
by Michal Cihar 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Hi all I just implemented workaround for exporting large compressed (gzip/bzip2) dumps. Created dumps may cause problems to some programs (but I didn't face any yet). So please test it and if you'll find any problems with created dumps $cfg['CompressOnFly'] should be FALSE as default. Your dump needs to be at least (memory_limit - 1.5M) * 2/3 big to activate new code. -- Regards Michal Cihar http://cihar.com

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[Phpmyadmin-devel] Icons or texts as default
by Michal Cihar 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi all from forum: --- %< --- I just upgraded to 2.5.3. I am thankful for the bug fixes, but I must say that I don't care for the icons for actions. Too cryptic. Especially if you haven't used phpMyAdmin before. (Although, I've been using it for a long time.) May I suggest that a mode that combines the icon with the text might be the best default setting for new users. Leave the terse cyptic icon only view for people who are very familiar with the program and want to conserve on screen real estate. --- %< --- I completely agree with that, just icons are IMHO not the best default... -- Regards Michal Cihar http://cihar.com

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RE: [Phpmyadmin-devel] Icons or texts as default
by Rabus 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi Marc & list, Marc Delisle wrote: > > Yes but title tags appear in a yellow bubble when I move > my mouse over the icon. It's up to the user agent how to render a title tag. But usually you have to wait a second or two until the "yellow bubble" pops up, don't you? > Excuse my ignorance but what would a js tooltip add to > this behavior? I thought about a tooltip that pops up instantly. If you want an example, go to http://www.janaserver.de/start.php?lang=en and move your mouse over the top menu bar. Regards, Alexander

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RE: [Phpmyadmin-devel] Icons or texts as default
by Rabus 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi Marc, Michal & list, Marc Delisle wrote: > > > > As a compromise, we could try to make some JS Tooltips that appear > > instantly next to the pointer if you move it over an icon. > > js tooltips are already there. > They are? Where??? Currently we use title tags only, afaik. Alexander

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RE: [Phpmyadmin-devel] Icons or texts as default
by Rabus 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi Michal & list, Michal Cihar wrote: > > Hi all > > from forum: > > --- %< --- > I just upgraded to 2.5.3. I am thankful for the bug fixes, > but I must say that I don't care for the icons for actions. > Too cryptic. Especially if you haven't used phpMyAdmin > before. (Although, I've been using it for a long time.) > > May I suggest that a mode that combines the icon with the > text might be the best default setting for new users. Leave > the terse cyptic icon only view for people who are very > familiar with the program and want to conserve on screen real estate. > --- %< --- > > I completely agree with that, just icons are IMHO not the > best default... I disagree. Instead, we should think about how we could make our icons better. Text does take too much GUI space. This is basically why I'd prefer the iconic view. As a compromise, we could try to make some JS Tooltips that appear instantly next to the pointer if you move it over an icon. Regards, Alexander

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[Phpmyadmin-devel] Little patch for little bug
by Mehdi 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi all, I've found a small bug this morning on phpMyAdmin 2.5.1 in build_dump.lib.php Here's an unified diff of the fix (the mysql_free_result() call should be inside the if statement) : @@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ $schema_create .= '# ' . $GLOBALS['strStatCheckTime'] . ': ' . PMA_localisedDate(strtotime($tmpres['Check_time'])) . $crlf; $new_crlf = '#' . $crlf . $crlf; } - } mysql_free_result($result); + } } $schema_create .= $new_crlf; I've browsed the current CVS tree and this file seems to have been deleted, but I think the same problem is now in librairies/export/sql.php, line 169. Can someone fix it ? Cheers, Mehdi Achour - Nexen.net

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[Phpmyadmin-devel] RFE 568717 - what is it about?
by Michal Cihar 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Hi all does anybody here know what is going on in RFE 568717? https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=568717&group_id=2… -- Regards Michal Cihar http://cihar.com

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RE: [Phpmyadmin-devel] sort by key
by Rabus 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Hi Marc, Michal & list, Marc Delisle wrote: > > It looks curious when I have some choices for "Sort by key", > but the corresponding fields have not been SELECTed in the results. > Sorting by columns that are not part of the result set is possible, so I'd like to leave this feature as it is. Regards, Alexander

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[Phpmyadmin-devel] sort by key
by Marc Delisle 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Hi Michal, It looks curious when I have some choices for "Sort by key", but the corresponding fields have not been SELECTed in the results. Maybe enable "Sort by key" only if the select expression is "*" ? Marc

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