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.