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. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>