The Internet, 2004-02-02
Greetings,
The phpMyAdmin development team is pleased to announce
the availability of the first release candidate for phpMyAdmin 2.5.6.
MySQL 4.1 / 5.0 Note:
phpMyAdmin's support for MySQL 4.1 / 5.0 is still experimental
Improvements:
* Display database collation
* List collations of all tables
* Pretty printing of charsets
* Can now change the default database charset
* Export now includes charset and collation info
* Foreign key browse window: better sorting for key/value pairs; window is now resizable
* Support for _charset syntax
* Display the maximum size of uploads
* Show MySQL version in SQL printview headers
Fixes:
* Security fix: possible attack against export.php
* Column collations were not displayed in MySQL 5.0
* Character set "binary" was not correctly detected
* Foreign key browse window: paging did not work
* SHOW FIELDS problem
* Changing a table's charset changed the charset of all fields (MYSQL >= 4.1.1)
* Problem when SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS is in the query
* Internal relations dropped when a field is dropped with the multi-submit mechanism
* Wrong sort link for column aliases
* Wrong row highlighting after "With selected: delete"
* MySQL version check was sometimes done before connecting
Download/support information on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Marc Delisle, for the team.
The Internet, 2003-12-14
Greetings,
The phpMyAdmin development team is pleased to announce
the availability of the second release candidate for phpMyAdmin 2.5.5.
About 2.5.5-rc2
---------------
New minimum version requirements:
phpMyAdmin now requires at least PHP 4.1.x and MySQL 3.23.32.
MySQL 4.1 Note:
phpMyAdmin's MySQL 4.1 support is still experimental
Improvements:
* General code optimization by removing old PHP3-compatibility
* Make default functions configurable
* Visual scratchboard: show column names
* Show overhead in table list, allow to check all overheaded tables
at once
* Export: can suppress dates information
* MySQL error messages improved formatting
* Printview: display linked values and other relational features
* Export: allow delayed INSERTs, and support for UPDATE and REPLACE
statements
* Show result of last SHOW query when using multiple queries
* Can now specify the default query
* Catch table renaming with dot in the new name
* Multi-row edit
* Date MIME transformation: show also real data before transformation
* New language: Basque
* Printview: show number of rows
Fixes:
* Relation view: non-unique keys were not displayed as possible
choices for foreign keys
* Try to upload history in table only if configured so
* Opera and Export dynamic options
* Try to show sorting by indexes only if makes sense
* Some undefined variables
* SQL-history and js errors
* Export and CSV for Excel can now choose the Excel edition
* Multi-row delete in vertical mode
* Execute stored bookmarks had a problem
* Transformations: now allow more timestamps
* Export: added XML header
* Could not enter the string "NULL"
* Export: fixed LaTeX output, and unique fields are now bold
* Export: foreign keys problem
* FULLTEXT is possible not just on TEXT but also MEDIUMTEXT, etc
* Now we can kill more processes
* Display problem with repeated headers
* In Server view, left frame did not keep server choice, language, etc
* Sort on some aliased columns did not work
* Left panel and non-escaping of single quotes
* Backquotes were present in the db name choice for Create db
* Support for FORCE INDEX
* Problem when DROPping the only remaining db
* Fix moving foreign key definition on Windows
Download/support information on http://www.phpmyadmin.net
or http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net.
Marc Delisle, for the team.
The Internet, 2003-12-07
Greetings,
The phpMyAdmin development team is pleased to announce
the availability of the first release candidate
for phpMyAdmin 2.5.5.
About 2.5.5-rc1
---------------
New minimum version requirements:
phpMyAdmin now requires at least PHP 4.2.x and MySQL 3.23.36.
MySQL 4.1 Note:
phpMyAdmin's MySQL 4.1 support is still experimental
Improvements:
* General code optimization by removing old PHP3-compatibility
* Make default functions configurable
* Visual scratchboard: show column names
* Show overhead in table list, allow to check all overheaded tables
at once
* Export: can suppress dates information
* MySQL error messages improved formatting
* Printview: display linked values and other relational features
* Export: allow delayed INSERTs, and support for UPDATE and REPLACE
statements
* Show result of last SHOW query when using multiple queries
* Can now specify the default query
* Catch table renaming with dot in the new name
* Multi-row edit
* Date MIME transformation: show also real data before transformation
Fixes:
* Relation view: non-unique keys were not displayed as possible
choices for foreign keys
* Try to upload history in table only if configured so
* Opera and Export dynamic options
* Try to show sorting by indexes only if makes sense
* Some undefined variables
* SQL-history and js errors
* Export and CSV for Excel can now choose the Excel edition
* Multi-row delete in vertical mode
* Execute stored bookmarks had a problem
* Transformations: now allow more timestamps
* Export: added XML header
* Could not enter the string "NULL"
* Export: fixed LaTeX output, and unique fields are now bold
* Export: foreign keys problem
* FULLTEXT is possible not just on TEXT but also MEDIUMTEXT, etc
* Now we can kill more processes
* Display problem with repeated headers
* In Server view, left frame did not keep server choice, language, etc
* Sort on some aliased columns did not work
Download/support information on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Marc Delisle, for the team.
The Internet, 2003-10-18
Greetings,
The phpMyAdmin development team is pleased to announce
the availability of phpMyAdmin 2.5.4.
About 2.5.4
-----------
MySQL 4.1 Note:
phpMyAdmin's MySQL 4.1 support is still experimental
Improvements:
* InnoDB support in Relation view
* Login to arbitrary server
* Sort results by index
* Bookmarks for all users (public bookmarks)
* "Select" page becomes "Search"
* Compression of large Exports
* Execute uploaded gzip/bzip'd SQL-files
* Query window: new Edit button
* Add Bookmark option to query window/tab
* multi-row delete in browse mode
* Icons links for index management
* docSQL support must be explicitely enabled
* new languages: Persian, Bosnian
Fixes:
* no LOCK TABLES in db-specific privileges
* BINARY as an operator
* negative LIMIT
* out of memory on extended inserts
* separately export constraints, to avoid trouble on import
* left frame was not refreshed when selecting a db from the
super-user interface of databases
* extra AND was generated on older PHP versions
* could not delete a user that did not have WITH GRANT OPTION
* PDF schema: when not selected, "Show color" now avoids all color
on output
* font size and Safari
* export of partial results and aliases: table name was wrong
* password was not kept when modifying user
* row markers and Opera 7.20
* tree view for Opera and Konqueror
* avoid output buffering for PHP3
* javascript errors when browsing a foreign table
* Safari and fonts
* scratchboard PDF editor and switching paper sizes
Download/support information on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Marc Delisle, for the team.
The Internet, 2003-09-07
Greetings,
the phpMyAdmin development team is pleased to announce availability of
phpMyAdmin 2.5.3.
MySQL 4.1 Note:
phpMyAdmin's MySQL 4.1 support is still experimental
Improvements:
* MySQL 4.1: new page about Character sets and collations
* better support for MySQL charsets
* LIKE in Select sub-page for non-text fields
* optional icons for actions
* better PHP code generation
* possibility to let phpMyAdmin continue execution of a multi-query
statement even though single queries may fail
* possibility to display the result of each query of a multi-query
statement
* display MySQL error code and link to relevant documentation
* Select page: use SELECT * when possible
* Can now bookmark a series of SQL queries
* Relational dropdown field now obey $cfg['LimitChars']
* Relational dropdown now displayed also by value to ease selection
by typing
* FAQ 1.30 about Turck MMCache
* Do not show the "Cookies required" as an error
* New window to browse/choose foreign values when there are more
than 200
* new language: Azerbaijani
Fixes:
* Removed lowercase transformation of SQL
* "Missing..." messages were wrongly displayed
* armascii8 appears twice in the charset list
* InnoDB and multi-columns foreign key
* Confirmation for TRUNCATE statements
* InnoDB and cross-db foreign keys
* Obey fmtType when set to 'none'
* SELECT DISTINCT was broken (MySQL 3)
* User management: MySQL 3 problem with Resource limits
* Could not use a plus sign in ENUM or SET
* Wrong check for DROP DATABASE
* Wrong confirm dialog for "Create PHP Code"
* Avoid a MySQL replication problem
* ENUM field with one value could not be set to NULL
* Export: column header were missing (Excel format)
* Export: problem with LaTeX and relations
* ENUM fields with brackets were truncated
* Wrong "Showing rows..." message when user has put a LIMIT
* IIS and HTTP auth did not work when register_globals=Off
* Export: better handling of special characters
* Export: CSV: some lines could be trimmed
* Bad display of PHP code
* Export: allow XML to be also default export
Download/support information on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Marc Delisle, for the team.
The Internet, 2003-08-27
Greetings,
the phpMyAdmin development team is pleased to announce availability
of the third (and hopefully last) release candidate for phpMyAdmin 2.5.3.
It fixes this problem: when editing a record, a field with a foreign key
would be displayed empty.
Development of version 2.5.4 has already started.
Download/support information on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Marc Delisle, for the team.
The Internet, 2003-08-17
Greetings,
the phpMyAdmin development team is pleased to announce availability of
the second release candidate for phpMyAdmin 2.5.3.
MySQL 4.1 Note:
phpMyAdmin's MySQL 4.1 support is still experimental
Improvements:
* MySQL 4.1: new page about Character sets and collations
* better support for MySQL charsets
* LIKE in Select sub-page for non-text fields
* optional icons for actions
* better PHP code generation
* possibility to let phpMyAdmin continue execution of a multi-query
statement even though single queries may fail
* possibility to display the result of each query of a multi-query
statement
* display MySQL error code and link to relevant documentation
* Select page: use SELECT * when possible
* Can now bookmark a series of SQL queries
* Relational dropdown field now obey $cfg['LimitChars']
* Relational dropdown now displayed also by value to ease selection
by typing
* FAQ 1.30 about Turck MMCache
* Do not show the "Cookies required" as an error
* New window to browse/choose foreign values when there are more
than 200
Fixes:
* Removed lowercase transformation of SQL
* "Missing..." messages were wrongly displayed
* armascii8 appears twice in the charset list
* InnoDB and multi-columns foreign key
* Confirmation for TRUNCATE statements
* InnoDB and cross-db foreign keys
* Obey fmtType when set to 'none'
* SELECT DISTINCT was broken (MySQL 3)
* User management: MySQL 3 problem with Resource limits
* Could not use a plus sign in ENUM or SET
* Wrong check for DROP DATABASE
* Wrong confirm dialog for "Create PHP Code"
* Avoid a MySQL replication problem
* ENUM field with one value could not be set to NULL
* Export: column header were missing (Excel format)
* Export: problem with LaTeX and relations
* ENUM fields with brackets were truncated
* Wrong "Showing rows..." message when user has put a LIMIT
* IIS and HTTP auth did not work when register_globals=Off
* Export: better handling of special characters
* Export: CSV: some lines could be trimmed
Download/support information on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Marc Delisle, for the team.
The Internet, 2003-07-30
Greetings,
the phpMyAdmin development team announces the availability of the first
patch level version for phpMyAdmin 2.5.2.
It contains only critical bugfixes over version 2.5.2, and is believed to be
the most stable version.
The final version of 2.5.3 is planned on August 31st.
Download/support information on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Marc Delisle, for the team.
The Internet, 2003-07-22
Greetings,
the phpMyAdmin development team is pleased to announce the availability
of phpMyAdmin 2.5.2.
Improvements:
* Preserve edited contents of the query window
* Uploading of SQL when no database selected
* Optional server list drop-down in left frame
* "Options" tab merged in "Operations"
* PDF report: paper size selection
* $cfg['LimitChars'] now limits all non-numeric fields
* MySQL 4.1 support: table and field charsets
* Better Export functionnality, including export for big tables
* Partial support for InnoDB foreign keys: PDF report, Select tab,
results display
* Visual editor (scratchboard) for PDF schema
* Export any query in CSV, LaTeX, XML
* Warning for missing length on VARCHAR
* Export: checkbox for AUTO_INCREMENT value
* Gzip output buffer: auto-detection and set to FALSE for IE 6.x
* Display CREATE DATABASE query
Fixes:
* MySQL 4.1 related fixes:
o User was unable to edit column privileges
o The table structure page sometimes displayed "Array" in the
charset column
o When altering the field type, the input box for the field
length sometimes had a strange default value
o Erroneous export of timstamp fields
o Incorrect row count for subqueries
o Errors when inserting ENUM / SET values (in CVS)
* Now use TRUNCATE with MySQL 4 when emptying multiple tables
* Various HTML pretty printer problems
* Bad display of parser bug report
* docSQL and filename disclosure
* Row count and DISTINCT
* GD2 autodetection
* Cookie: encrypt password (blowfish)
* Wrong field names when exporting query results
* Support for PROCEDURE ANALYSE
* Security fix against bad JS code
* Proper escaping in inline images
* Safari detection and proper fonts
* PDF schema and hardcoded A4 scaling
* Incorrect row count for UNION
* Better behavior when phpMyAdmin is within a frameset
* Backslashes in username or password
* Query statistics: percentages were wrong
* Checks to avoid path disclosures
* Do not display "Check referential integrity" for InnoDB tables.
Download/support information on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Regards,
Marc Delisle, for the team.
The Internet, 2003-07-14
Greetings,
the phpMyAdmin development team is pleased to announce the availability
of phpMyAdmin 2.5.2-rc2 (the second and probably last release candidate
for 2.5.2).
Improvements:
* Preserve edited contents of the query window
* Uploading of SQL when no database selected
* Optional server list drop-down in left frame
* "Options" tab merged in "Operations"
* PDF report: paper size selection
* $cfg['LimitChars'] now limits all non-numeric fields
* MySQL 4.1 support: table and field charsets
* Better Export functionnality, including export for big tables
* Partial support for InnoDB foreign keys: PDF report, Select tab,
results display
* Visual editor (scratchboard) for PDF schema
* Export any query in CSV, LaTeX, XML
* Warning for missing length on VARCHAR
* Export: checkbox for AUTO_INCREMENT value
* Gzip output buffer: auto-detection and set to FALSE for IE 6.x
* Display CREATE DATABASE query
Fixes:
* MySQL 4.1 related fixes:
o User was unable to edit column privileges
o The table structure page sometimes displayed "Array" in the
charset column
o When altering the field type, the input box for the field
length sometimes had a strange default value
o Erroneous export of timstamp fields
o Incorrect row count for subqueries
* Now use TRUNCATE with MySQL 4 when emptying multiple tables
* Various HTML pretty printer problems
* Bad display of parser bug report
* docSQL and filename disclosure
* Row count and DISTINCT
* GD2 autodetection
* Cookie: encrypt password (blowfish)
* Wrong field names when exporting query results
* Support for PROCEDURE ANALYSE
* Security fix against bad JS code
* Proper escaping in inline images
* Safari detection and proper fonts
* PDF schema and hardcoded A4 scaling
* Incorrect row count for UNION
* Better behavior when phpMyAdmin is within a frameset
* Backslashes in username or password
Download/support information on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Marc Delisle, for the team.