[Phpmyadmin-news] phpMyAdmin 2.6.2-rc1 is released

Marc Delisle DelislMa at CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca
Mon Apr 4 13:32:17 CEST 2005


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                                     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





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