[Phpmyadmin-news] phpMyAdmin 2.9.0-rc1 is released

Marc Delisle Marc.Delisle at cegepsherbrooke.qc.ca
Fri Sep 8 14:01:23 CEST 2006


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                                      http://www.phpmyadmin.net

     phpMyAdmin 2.9.0-rc1 - September 8, 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 2.9.0.

        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.


     Improvements
     ------------

     * Improved readability of setup panels
     * PDF schema: automatic layout for InnoDB
     * Font size selector on main page
     * Export: support for procedures and functions
     * Can hide "Create Database" dialog
     * Customizable link under left logo
     * Export: "Open Document Text", "Open Document spreadsheet" formats
     * Export: new plugin architecture
     * User management: can create a db with the same name as created user
     * Use IEC binary units (KiB, MiB, ...)
     * Import: SQL compatibility selector
     * Possibility of using external authentication and use an empty 
MySQL password
     * Display MySQL warnings
     * Links to language-specific MySQL doc whenever possible



       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>
                                 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/ 2006-09-08




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