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9 phpMyAdmin 2.4.0 - March 2nd, 2003
10 ==================================
12 A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the WWW.
13 -----------------------------------------
18 After 7 months of work and 2 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 3.1 million download in the past year!
26 phpMyAdmin 2.4.0 includes the following highlights:
36 - support for deleting a PDF page definition
37 - better browser support
38 * cookie login: login error message
39 * new server/user management interface with sub-pages
40 - more intuitive interface
41 - interface to most MySQL status variables
42 - server traffic & query statistics
43 - support new MySQL 4 privileges
44 - support for user resource limits
45 - privileges may now be edited without reloading the user tables
47 - export to LaTeX format
48 - better handling of charset conversion
49 - better output order of inserts/creates
50 - export results of any single-table SELECT
51 * option to only copy data (append) to a table
52 * better handling of confirmation requests (bookmarks) and LIMIT
53 * support EXTRACT ... FROM
54 * check/uncheck all for field selection
55 * moving cursor with ctrl/arrows in table creation and row editing
56 * images in PNG format where possible
57 * display UPDATE SQL statement after a row edit
58 * in Select sub-page, drop-down for ENUMs
59 * support for compressed connections to the MySQL server
60 * upload of binary file into a field
61 * new documentation layout
62 * (for phpMyAdmin developers) interface to DBG extension for
67 * output handler warning for PHP >=4.3.0
68 * usernames with "@" character
69 * links or submit buttons for db search results
70 * warning for bzip problem of PHP 4.2.1
72 * UNION processing generated undefined variables
73 * handling of "LOCAL" in recent MySQL versions for LOAD DATA INFILE
74 * wrong drop-down for foreign keys in Select sub-page
75 * wrong charset information in XML exports
76 * parsing error for the single quote case
77 * problem with SQL validator interface
78 * wrong parsing of INTERVAL and AUTO_INCREMENT
79 * no longer allow invalid options like UNSIGNED in SET/ENUM
80 * problem entering comments in Relation view
81 * fix for kanji encoding problem
82 * empty field names on add fields page caused problems
83 * the quicklinks on top of each page are now pointing to the default tabs
84 * problem with recieving the database list with MySQL >= 4.0.2-alpha
85 * adjusted font sizes for Opera 7 for Windows
86 * problems with editing the contents of the SQL query boxes with Opera 7
89 Detailed list of changes since version 2.2.0 is available under
90 http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt
95 This software is available under the GNU General Public License V2.0.
97 You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
98 Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.
100 If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it's recommended to
101 subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under
102 http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
104 This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes.
105 It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few
109 Support and Documentation
110 -------------------------
112 The documentation is included in the software package as text and
113 HTML file, but can also be downloaded from:
115 http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/
118 The software is provided as is without any express or implied
119 warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under:
121 http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Bugs"]
123 In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
124 related to phpMyAdmin. A list of mailing lists with archives
127 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067 or
128 http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Lists"]
130 Finally, an users support forum is also available under:
132 http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=72909
138 * Querying UNION SELECTs may result in php errors about undefined variables.
139 Furthermore, the total number of rows may be not calculated correctly, here.
140 * Some users reported problems on machines with Zend Accelerator (TM).
141 * The MySQL 4.1.x and php 5.0.x branches are not yet supported by phpMyAdmin.
143 To be informed about new releases fixing these problems, please
144 subscribe to the news mailing list under
145 http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
146 or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.
152 phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the WWW.
154 - create and drop databases
155 - create, copy, drop and alter tables
156 - delete, edit and add fields
157 - execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
158 - manage keys on fields
159 - load text files into tables
160 - create and read dumps of tables
161 - export and import CSV data
162 - support single- and multi-user configuration
163 - add, delete and edit MySQL users
164 - communicate in more than 42 different languages
170 Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller
171 <tobias.ratschiller_at_maguma.com>
172 Copyright (C) 2001- Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
173 Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
174 Loïc Chapeaux <lolo_at_phpHeaven.net>
175 Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
176 Armel Fauveau <armel.fauveau_at_globalis-ms.com>
177 Steve Alberty <alberty_at_neptunlabs.de>
178 Alexander M. Turek <rabus_at_users.sourceforge.net>
179 Mike Beck <mikebeck_at_users.sourceforge.net>
180 Michal Cihar <nijel_at_users.sourceforge.net>
181 Garvin Hicking <hicking_at_faktor-e.de>
183 (check the CREDITS section of our documentation)
185 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
186 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
187 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
188 (at your option) any later version.
190 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
191 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
192 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
193 GNU General Public License for more details.
195 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
196 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
197 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
201 EOF -- Alexander M. Turek / 2003.03.02