[Phpmyadmin-devel] phpMyAdmin 2.6.3 is released

Marc Delisle DelislMa at CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca
Sun Jul 3 05:52:29 CEST 2005


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                                     http://www.phpmyadmin.net

    phpMyAdmin 2.6.3 - July 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
       phpMyAdmin 2.6.3.

       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 between 6,000
       and 14,000 times a day, according to SourceForge.net.


    Highlights
    ----------


    Improvements:

     * Privileges: Always display the "Add a new user" link
     * New script to upgrade a phpMyAdmin installation
     * Database view: add a Privileges tab
     * Privileges: add a back link to the db on which we are checking privileges
     * "Hand" pointer on mouseover and mousedown
     * Password generator when creating/editing user account
     * Optional database creation before database copy
     * New languages: mongolian, tatarish

    Fixes:

     * Respect the db order given in only_db
     * Escaping of apostrophe in generated PHP code
     * Better handling of reserved words in queries
     * Detection of NULL fields under MySQL 5.0.x
     * Ordering by count(*)
     * Bookmark copying during table/db copy
     * Avoid double compression of exports when zlib.output_compression is On
     * Setting collation for a field
     * Js error when two queries submitted at once
     * Adding fields: table collation forgotten
     * Print view: missing header for multi tables
     * Comment at the end of query was applied as well to appended LIMIT
     * Searching on a VARBINARY field
     * Themes: spelling error on a font name
     * NULL detection on TIMESTAMPs
     * Diacritics wrongly converted
     * Changing table type under MySQL 5.0.4
     * Left panel update after manual table rename
     * Queryframe update after database copy
     * Left panel number of rows not updated after emptying table
     * Invalid SQL when creating a table with zero fields
     * Missing backquotes on the Browse feature in case of duplicate entry
     * Exporting the results of a query containing "limit" clause
     * Copying a database did not preserve its default charset and collation
     * Copying a database containing a MERGE table
     * Javascript error when getting the value of a select field in some browsers
     * Problem renaming a database
     * Changing a table's collation under MySQL 5.0.x
     * Wrong type when creating a table under MySQL 5.0.x
     * When renaming a database, the old pmadb information would stay

      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 50 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/ 2005-07-03





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