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phpMyAdmin 2.7.0-rc1 - November 20th, 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 for phpMyAdmin 2.7.0. Testing for -beta1 went well, so we are encouraged to present you this release candidate.
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.
Highlights ----------
Notes:
* Configuration files coming from before phpMyAdmin 2.3.0 (released on 2002-08-11) are no longer supported. * You can still use your config.inc.php file, but this file can be simplified, containing only the parameters you want to change from their corresponding default value in config.default.php.
Improvements:
* New plugin-based import module * Some pages now use fieldsets for better look * Better support for information_schema * Upgrade script new options * Better displaying of privileges when there are differences between the various user definition tables * Structure: count unique value for each field * Can now limit the list of shown languages * User-specific upload and save server directories * Remove Drop tab for mysql database * New transformation: SQL pretty printing * Ability to limit maximum size of extended insert * Support for searching in the foreign key window * Can now replace an existing bookmark * New shortcuts for IP rules * Detect lack of privileges for "Create new table"
Fixes:
* Wrong display of localized MySQL error messages * Need to select the primary key for MIME-based print view * Handling of ENTER key when adding fields * InnoDB: truncating icon and exact row count * After dropping a db, links were missing * Strict mode and auto-increment fields insertion * Collation change for ENUM and SET * Display problems on special characters in column name * Links for MySQL documentation * Escaping of "_" * Could not edit privileges when different host in db and user * Changing auto-increment value for InnoDB * Correct sort order for foreign-key dropdowns * Group database by rightmost separator * Performance problem when inserting huge BLOBs * Calendar popup and time beginning by 0 * ... and many more...
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 -----------
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: - 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 50 different languages
Authors & Copyright -------------------
Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller..com> Copyright (C) 2001-2005 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> Marcel Tschopp <ne0x_at_users.sourceforge.net> 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 the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Marc Delisle/ 2005-11-20