[Phpmyadmin-news] phpMyAdmin 2.6.2-rc1 is released

_ __ __ _ _ _ _ __ | |__ _ __ | \/ |_ _ / \ __| |_ __ ___ (_)_ __ | "_ \| "_ \| "_ \| |\/| | | | | / _ \ / _` | "_ ` _ \| | "_ \ | |_) | | | | |_) | | | | |_| |/ ___ \ (_| | | | | | | | | | | | .__/|_| |_| .__/|_| |_|\__, /_/ \_\__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_| |_| |_| |___/ 2.6.2-rc1 http://www.phpmyadmin.net phpMyAdmin 2.6.2-rc1 - April 3rd, 2005 ====================================== A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the Web. -------------------------------------------------------- Announcement ------------ The phpMyAdmin Project is proud to announce the immediate availability of the first release candidate of phpMyAdmin 2.6.2. Version 2.6.2 contains improvements for better MySQL 4.1 and 5.0 support, and a fix for a new security vulnerability. 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 GUI for MySQL and is downloaded about 6,000 times a day, according to SourceForge.net. The highlights of this release in detail: Highlights ---------- Improvements: * MySQL 4.1.x native column comments * MySQL 5.0: Basic detection mechanism for views: o Views are no longer displayed as tables in use o Ability to drop views * MySQL 5.0: Interface fixes and hardcoded virtual relations for information_schema * MySQL 4.1: Better automatic detection for available storage engines * New storage engines overview page o Plugin-like infrastructure for storage engine status monitors o Overview of startup variables and current values o MySQL 5.0 / InnoDB: Buffer pool activity monitor * MySQL 4.1.2+ TIMESTAMP options * Export: Native Microsoft Word 2000 and Excel 2000 formats * PDF schema visual editor: column names now optional * MySQL 5.0.3 new Japanese charsets support (cp932, eucjpms) * Parser: added missing date and time MySQL functions * Documentation: explain all Export options handling * Cookie paths: added / to end of path * Show database comments at more places * Better use of print styles in themes * Bookmarks: sort by label, remove the number before each label * Better protection against possible collation conflicts and out-of-sync errors in PMADB queries * Relation view: removed pmadb-style comments handling (now available just on the Structure page) * FAQ about using HTTP authentication under IIS * New editions for some language files (especially ISO-8859-15) * (rc1) English messages improvements Fixes: * Detection of SELECT query to display on multiple submits * PDF schema: missing header * A failed connection was not properly detected * Problem with Japanese language under MySQL 4.1.x * Export o Various errors under mysqli extension o SQL format under Safari browser o Do not offer export modes not available in current MySQL version * Changing the type of a FLOAT unsigned column * Adding field with collation * Calendar popup and TIMESTAMP field under MySQL 4.1.x * PHP 4.1.x: wrong parameter count (mcrypt.lib.php) * Problem when SHOW DATABASES is disabled * Copy table: commands out of sync * User management o Host not changing with editing user o Escaping character removed by error * MySQL 5.0.x: "No database selected" error * Print view: displaying of indexes * Cookie auth: error when blowfish_secret is empty * MySQL 4.1.2: "Reload MySQL" link not seen * MySQL 5 server binlog compatibility * PDF pages generation: wrong documentation * Inserted row id was not always correctly reported * (rc1) Do not offer unavailable collations * (rc1) XSS vulnerability on "convcharset" * (rc1) Do not allow to drop information_schema * (rc1) Undefined offset (on the left panel) * (rc1) Problem copying InnoDB table with foreign-key constraints to a table in the same database Detailed list of changes since version 2.2.0 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 ---------- - phpMyAdmin SQL parser chokes on fieldnames with certain non-ASCII characters (bugs #593598, #936161). To be informed about new releases fixing these problems, 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 ----------- phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. It can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database. Currently it can: - create, copy, rename and drop databases - create, copy, drop, rename and alter tables - do table maintenance - delete, edit and add fields - execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries - manage keys on fields - load text files into tables - create and read dumps of tables - export data to CSV, XML and Latex formats - administer multiple servers - manage MySQL users and privileges - check referential integrity - 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 - communicate in 47 different languages Authors & Copyright ------------------- Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller..com> Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.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> Marcel Tschopp <ne0x_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 the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Marc Delisle/ 2005-04-03