[Phpmyadmin-news] phpMyAdmin 2.9.0 is released

_ __ __ _ _ _ _ __ | |__ _ __ | \/ |_ _ / \ __| |_ __ ___ (_)_ __ | "_ \| "_ \| "_ \| |\/| | | | | / _ \ / _` | "_ ` _ \| | "_ \ | |_) | | | | |_) | | | | |_| |/ ___ \ (_| | | | | | | | | | | | .__/|_| |_| .__/|_| |_|\__, /_/ \_\__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_| |_| |_| |___/ 2.9.0 http://www.phpmyadmin.net phpMyAdmin 2.9.0 - September 20, 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 2.9.0. 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. Improvements ------------ * Improved readability of setup panels * PDF schema: automatic layout for InnoDB * Font size selector on main page * Export: support for procedures and functions * Can hide "Create Database" dialog * Customizable link under left logo * Export: "Open Document Text", "Open Document spreadsheet" formats * Export: new plugin architecture * User management: can create a db with the same name as created user * Use IEC binary units (KiB, MiB, ...) * Import: SQL compatibility selector * Possibility of using external authentication and use an empty MySQL password * Display MySQL warnings * Links to language-specific MySQL doc whenever possible 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 / 2006-09-20