[Phpmyadmin-devel] about getting the db list

[Michal Čihař]

Hi code cleaner :-)

On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:39:45 +0200
Sebastian Mendel <lists at sebastianmendel.de> wrote:

> "Note: starting with phpMyAdmin 2.6.1, this section is only applicable
> if your MySQL server is older than 4.1.2, or is running with
> --skip-show-database."
> 
> Why "is older than 4.1.2"?

I haven't found any reason in documentation and changes...

> thinks i want to change:
> 
>  - if SHOW DATABASE fails try INFORMATION_SCHEMA
>  - merge PMA_safe_db_list(), PMA_availableDatabases(),
> PMA_DBI_get_dblist() into a single function
>  - if the dblist is still empty check `mysql` and `INFORMATION_SCHEMA`
> with USE DATABASE and add them to the list

Looks okay for me ... I actually never understood why we have so many
functions for listing databases.

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