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9 phpMyAdmin 2.4.0 - February 23rd, 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 SourceForge gave phpMyAdmin the "Project of the Month" award in
27 December: look at the article http://sourceforge.net/pom_1202.php
28 to learn more about the project's history.
31 phpMyAdmin 2.4.0 includes the following highlights:
41 - support for deleting a PDF page definition
42 - better browser support
43 * cookie login: login error message
44 * new server/user management interface with sub-pages
45 - more intuitive interface
46 - interface to most MySQL status variables
47 - server traffic & query statistics
48 - support new MySQL 4 privileges
49 - support for user resource limits
50 - privileges may now be edited without reloading the user tables
53 - export to LaTeX format
54 - better handling of charset conversion
55 - better output order of inserts/creates
56 - export results of any single-table SELECT
57 * option to only copy data (append) to a table
58 * better handling of confirmation requests (bookmarks) and LIMIT
59 * support EXTRACT ... FROM
60 * check/uncheck all for field selection
61 * moving cursor with ctrl/arrows in table creation and row editing
62 * images in PNG format where possible
63 * display UPDATE SQL statement after a row edit
64 * in Select sub-page, drop-down for ENUMs
65 * support for compressed connections to the MySQL server
66 * upload of binary file into a field
67 * new documentation layout
68 * (for phpMyAdmin developers) interface to DBG extension for
74 * output handler warning for PHP >=4.3.0
75 * usernames with "@" character
76 * links or submit buttons for db search results
77 * warning for bzip problem of PHP 4.2.1
79 * UNION processing generated undefined variables
80 * handling of "LOCAL" in recent MySQL versions for LOAD DATA INFILE
81 * wrong drop-down for foreign keys in Select sub-page
82 * wrong charset information in XML exports
83 * parsing error for the single quote case
84 * problem with SQL validator interface
85 * wrong parsing of INTERVAL and AUTO_INCREMENT
86 * no longer allow invalid options like UNSIGNED in SET/ENUM
87 * problem entering comments in Relation view
88 * fix for kanji encoding problem
89 * empty field names on add fields page caused problems
90 * the quicklinks on top of each page are now pointing to the default tabs
91 * problem with recieving the database list with MySQL >= 4.0.2-alpha
92 * adjusted font sizes for Opera 7 for Windows and Konqueror
93 * problems with editing the contents of the SQL query boxes with Opera 7
95 * query-by-example and only one table
96 * do not display edit link for database-independent queries
97 * fix some of the problems with record counting
99 Detailed list of changes since version 2.2.0 is available under
100 http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt
105 This software is available under the GNU General Public License V2.0.
107 You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
108 Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.
110 If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it's recommended to
111 subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under
112 http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
114 This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes.
115 It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few
119 Support and Documentation
120 -------------------------
122 The documentation is included in the software package as text and
123 HTML file, but can also be downloaded from:
125 http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/
128 The software is provided as is without any express or implied
129 warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under:
131 http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Bugs"]
133 In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
134 related to phpMyAdmin. A list of mailing lists with archives
137 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067 or
138 http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Lists"]
140 Finally, an users support forum is also available under:
142 http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=72909
148 * The total number of rows of UNION SELECT is not calculated correctly.
149 * Some users reported problems on machines running Zend Accelerator (TM).
150 * The MySQL 4.1.x and php 5.0.x branches are not yet supported by phpMyAdmin.
151 * Displaying large exports may crash Microsoft Internet Explorer.
152 * When renaming tables or fields the relations set in phpMyAdmin are lost.
154 To be informed about new releases fixing these problems, please
155 subscribe to the news mailing list under
156 http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
157 or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.
163 phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the WWW. It
164 can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database.
167 - create and drop databases
168 - create, copy, drop, rename and alter tables
169 - do table maintenance
170 - delete, edit and add fields
171 - execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
172 - manage keys on fields
173 - load text files into tables
174 - create and read dumps of tables
175 - export data to CSV, XML and Latex formats
176 - administer multiple servers
177 - manage MySQL users and privileges
178 - check referential integrity
179 - using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically
180 connecting required tables
181 - create PDF graphics of your Database layout
182 - search globally in a database or a subset of it
183 - communicate in 42 different languages
189 Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller
190 <tobias.ratschiller_at_maguma.com>
191 Copyright (C) 2001- Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
192 Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
193 Loïc Chapeaux <lolo_at_phpHeaven.net>
194 Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
195 Armel Fauveau <armel.fauveau_at_globalis-ms.com>
196 Steve Alberty <alberty_at_neptunlabs.de>
197 Alexander M. Turek <rabus_at_users.sourceforge.net>
198 Mike Beck <mikebeck_at_users.sourceforge.net>
199 Michal Cihar <nijel_at_users.sourceforge.net>
200 Garvin Hicking <hicking_at_faktor-e.de>
202 (check the CREDITS section of our documentation)
204 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
205 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
206 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
207 (at your option) any later version.
209 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
210 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
211 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
212 GNU General Public License for more details.
214 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
215 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
216 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
220 EOF -- Alexander M. Turek / 2003-02-23