On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Olivier M. wrote:
Hi,
Tried to list the most important changes/improvements between
the 2 versions. Please update/comment/add/remove :)
CHANGES 2.1.0 -> 2.2.0
======================
- security fixes
- new languages: thai, swedish, ...
- removed necessity of magic_quotes_gpc (autodetection)
- dynamic multiple language support, with automatic browser language detection
- gzip and HTTP compression support
- user and db administration page
- improved documentation
- bookmarks (sql queries) feature
- better file import/export possibilities
- database usage statistics
- javascript and html/css compatibility improvements
- table maintenance features (repair, check, optimize)
- maintained PHP3 compatibility
- better BLOB support
- ...
- 1000 other small fixes and improvements :)
Greetings,
Olivier
I've brought up 2.1.0 (from work) and 2.2.0rc5 CVS from a few minutes ago
(from home), and here's what else I can see:
- Table and database dump improvements:
Data-only
Selected tables or number of rows
Gzipped
- "Show this query here again" on database
- Table usage and row statistics
- Query at table-level
- Sort table in-place
- Table comments
- Multiple table types
- Drop table at table-level
- Backslash cleanup all over the place
- Browse/Select/Insert/Empty at top of table-level
- Edit/Delete at left on browse-level
- "Insert as new row" at edit-level
- Improved ENUM and SET handling when displaying, ALTERing, or editing
- "Length/Set" value ignored for field types that don't support it
BTW, I showed 2.2.0rc3 to a co-worker and he was excited/impressed. You guys
have done a PHENOMENAL job. Thank you for making such a wonderful product.
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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio(a)openservices.net>