[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
    ===================================

      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 2.8.1.

       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
    ----------


     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     * Red border in outdated themes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
    -------------------------

        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
    -----------

      (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
    -------------------

        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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