[Phpmyadmin-news] phpMyAdmin 2.8.1-rc1 is released
Marc Delisle
Marc.Delisle at cegepsherbrooke.qc.ca
Sun May 14 05:02:46 CEST 2006
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2.8.1-rc1
http://www.phpmyadmin.net
phpMyAdmin 2.8.1-rc1 - May 12, 2006
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A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the Web.
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Announcement
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The phpMyAdmin Project is proud to announce the immediate
availability
of the first release candidate for phpMyAdmin 2.8.1.
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.
No new features appear in this version -- it's a bugfix only release.
Development of new features is happening in the 2.9 series.
Highlights
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Fixes:
* Unable to login with cookie auth in IIS 4
* Page variable not preserved on refresh
* Error on empty BLOB with transformation
* Search combos default to key zero
* Dropping basetable of a view
* VIEW data export
* config.default.php changes not recognized
* Octetstream download
* BLOBs centered
* Processing of theme directory
* PHP 4.2.2 and array_key_exists()
* Red border in outdated themes
* Column expander does not work
* Loading binary data very slow
* Export to MS Excel
* Socket can be empty
* Export of InnoDB with mysqli
* Import and -- comments
* Javascript error in new print window
* CONVERT not in reserved words list
* Adding foreign key when column has a quote in its name
* Version number change after update
* Galician messages do not load
* Missing property in Theme_Manager class
* Having sql.php as a default table-page
* Various import problems
* Wrong logout link
* REPLACE reports double results affected
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
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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
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(from http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation)
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:
* easily browse through databases and tables
* create, copy, rename, alter and drop databases
* create, copy, rename, alter and drop tables
* do table maintenance
* add, edit and drop fields
* execute any SQL-statement, even multiple queries
* create, alter and drop indexes
* load text files into tables
* create (*) and read dumps of tables or databases
* export (*) data to SQL, CSV, XML, Word, Excel, PDF and Latex formats
* administer multiple servers
* manage MySQL users and privileges
* check server settings and runtime information with configuration
hints
* check referential integrity in MyISAM tables
* 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
* transform stored data into any format using a set of predefined
functions, like displaying BLOB-data as image or download-link
* support InnoDB tables and foreign keys (see FAQ 3.6)
* support mysqli, the improved MySQL extension (see FAQ 1.17)
* communicate in 50 different languages
(*) phpMyAdmin can compress (Zip, GZip -RFC 1952- or Bzip2
formats)
dumps and CSV exports if you use PHP4 >= 4.0.4 with Zlib
support
(--with-zlib) and/or Bzip2 support (--with-bz2).
Authors & Copyright
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Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller
<tobias_at_ratschiller..com>
Copyright (C) 2001-2006 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/ 2006-05-12
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