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9 phpMyAdmin 2.3.0 - 11. August 2002
10 ================================
12 A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the WWW.
13 -----------------------------------------
18 After 12 months of work and 4 release candidate versions,
19 the phpMyAdmin developers are pleased to announce the availability
22 phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over
23 the Web, and is now one of the most popular PHP script used
24 worldwide: more than 1.2 million download in the past year!
26 phpMyAdmin 2.3.0 includes the following highlights:
34 * new page layout for table and db properties
35 * centralized db for support tables
36 * can specify a different charset for MySQL and HTML
37 * utf-8 charset support
38 * schema output in PDF
39 * operators in field selection
40 * translation feedback page
41 * print view for SQL results
43 * generate PHP code from a query
44 * full database search
46 * foreign table display field
47 * support for some MyISAM table options
49 * query-by-example: automatic joins
50 * faster table delete under MySQL 4
54 * CURDATE did not work in the function list
55 * javascript error with Mozilla and Opera
56 * a mysql error when dropping fields
57 * alter table was not working on a replicate
58 * bookmark error when the table no longer exists
59 * bad limit of the number of characters for numeric fields
60 * problem with headers in Apache 2
62 Detailed list of changes since version 2.2.0 is available under
63 http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt
68 This software is available under the GNU General Public License V2.0.
70 You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
71 Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.
73 If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it's recommended to
74 subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under
75 http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
77 This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes.
78 It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few
82 Support and Documentation
83 -------------------------
85 The documentation is included in the software package as text and
86 HTML file, but can also be downloaded from:
88 http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/
91 The software is provided as is without any express or implied
92 warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under:
94 http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Bugs"]
96 In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
97 related to phpMyAdmin. A list of mailing lists with archives
100 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067 or
101 http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Lists"]
103 Finally, an users support forum is also available under:
105 http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=72909
113 To be informed about new releases fixing these problems, please
114 subscribe to the news mailing list under
115 http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
116 or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.
122 phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the WWW.
124 - create and drop databases
125 - create, copy, drop and alter tables
126 - delete, edit and add fields
127 - execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
128 - manage keys on fields
129 - load text files into tables
130 - create and read dumps of tables
131 - export and import CSV data
132 - support single- and multi-user configuration
133 - communicate in more than 41 different languages
139 Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias.ratschiller_at_maguma.com>
140 Copyright (C) 2001- Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
141 Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
142 Loïc Chapeaux <lolo_at_phpHeaven.net>
143 Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
144 Armel Fauveau <armel.fauveau_at_globalis-ms.com>
145 Geert Lund <glund_at_silversoft.dk>
146 Korakot Chaovavanich <korakot_at_iname.com>
147 Pete Kelly <webmaster_at_trafficg.com>
148 Steve Alberty <alberty_at_neptunlabs.de>
149 Benjamin Gandon <gandon_at_isia.cma.fr>
150 Alexander M. Turek <rabus_at_users.sourceforge.net>
151 Mike Beck <mikebeck_at_users.sourceforge.net>
152 + many other people (check the CREDITS file)
154 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
155 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
156 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
157 (at your option) any later version.
159 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
160 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
161 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
162 GNU General Public License for more details.
164 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
165 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
166 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
170 EOF -- Olivier Müller / 2002.08.11