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phpMyAdmin 2.9.1 - November 9, 2006 =========================================

A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the Web. --------------------------------------------------------

Announcement ------------

The phpMyAdmin Project is proud to announce the immediate availability of phpMyAdmin 2.9.1, a bugfix-only release.

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 Web GUI for MySQL and is downloaded between 6,000 and 14,000 times a day, according to SourceForge.net.

Fixes -----

* XSS fix * Wrong import when ;; is at buffer boundary * Duplicate id for checkbox on table Operations page * Better behavior on the Add new fields page * Export: csv/cvs typo * Renaming a db containing a view * Automated timestamp values * Import: correctly fail if file is too short * Default font family on original theme

Detailed list of changes 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 ----------

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 -----------

(from http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation) phpMyAdmin handles the administration of MySQL over the Web. It can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database.

Currently it can:

* easily browse through databases and tables * create, copy, rename, alter and drop databases * create, copy, rename, alter and drop tables * do table maintenance * add, edit and drop fields * execute any SQL-statement, even multiple queries * create, alter and drop indexes * load text files into tables * create (*) and read dumps of tables or databases * export (*) data to SQL, CSV, XML, Word, Excel, PDF and Latex formats * administer multiple servers * manage MySQL users and privileges * check server settings and runtime information with configuration hints * check referential integrity in MyISAM tables * 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 * transform stored data into any format using a set of predefined functions, like displaying BLOB-data as image or download-link * support InnoDB tables and foreign keys (see FAQ 3.6) * support mysqli, the improved MySQL extension (see FAQ 1.17) * communicate in 50 different languages

(*) phpMyAdmin can compress (Zip, GZip -RFC 1952- or Bzip2 formats) dumps and CSV exports if you use PHP4 >= 4.0.4 with Zlib support (--with-zlib) and/or Bzip2 support (--with-bz2).

Authors & Copyright -------------------

Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller.com>

Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Marc Delisle <Marc.Delisle_at_cegepsherbrooke.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> Sebastian Mendel <cybot_tm_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

Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

Marc Delisle / 2006-11-09