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phpMyAdmin 2.6.3 - July 3rd, 2005 =================================
A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the Web. --------------------------------------------------------
Announcement ------------
The phpMyAdmin Project is proud to announce the immediate availability of phpMyAdmin 2.6.3.
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 GUI for MySQL and is downloaded between 6,000 and 14,000 times a day, according to SourceForge.net.
Highlights ----------
Improvements:
* Privileges: Always display the "Add a new user" link * New script to upgrade a phpMyAdmin installation * Database view: add a Privileges tab * Privileges: add a back link to the db on which we are checking privileges * "Hand" pointer on mouseover and mousedown * Password generator when creating/editing user account * Optional database creation before database copy * New languages: mongolian, tatarish
Fixes:
* Respect the db order given in only_db * Escaping of apostrophe in generated PHP code * Better handling of reserved words in queries * Detection of NULL fields under MySQL 5.0.x * Ordering by count(*) * Bookmark copying during table/db copy * Avoid double compression of exports when zlib.output_compression is On * Setting collation for a field * Js error when two queries submitted at once * Adding fields: table collation forgotten * Print view: missing header for multi tables * Comment at the end of query was applied as well to appended LIMIT * Searching on a VARBINARY field * Themes: spelling error on a font name * NULL detection on TIMESTAMPs * Diacritics wrongly converted * Changing table type under MySQL 5.0.4 * Left panel update after manual table rename * Queryframe update after database copy * Left panel number of rows not updated after emptying table * Invalid SQL when creating a table with zero fields * Missing backquotes on the Browse feature in case of duplicate entry * Exporting the results of a query containing "limit" clause * Copying a database did not preserve its default charset and collation * Copying a database containing a MERGE table * Javascript error when getting the value of a select field in some browsers * Problem renaming a database * Changing a table's collation under MySQL 5.0.x * Wrong type when creating a table under MySQL 5.0.x * When renaming a database, the old pmadb information would stay
Detailed list of changes since version 2.2.0 is available under http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt
Availability ------------ 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 -------------------------
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 ----------
- phpMyAdmin SQL parser chokes on fieldnames with certain non-ASCII characters (bugs #593598, #936161).
To be informed about new releases fixing these problems, please subscribe to the news mailing list under http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.
Donations --------- The project accepts donations to help improve the product. There is a "Donations" link on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Description -----------
phpMyAdmin is intended to handle 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 -------------------
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/ 2005-07-03