logo       
Google Custom Search
    AddThis Social Bookmark Button

phpMyAdmin 2.8.1-rc1 is released: msg#00014

Subject: phpMyAdmin 2.8.1-rc1 is released
          _           __  __          _       _           _
    _ __ | |__  _ __ |  \/  |_   _   / \   __| |_ __ ___ (_)_ __
   | "_ \| "_ \| "_ \| |\/| | | | | / _ \ / _` | "_ ` _ \| | "_ \
   | |_) | | | | |_) | |  | | |_| |/ ___ \ (_| | | | | | | | | | |
   | .__/|_| |_| .__/|_|  |_|\__, /_/   \_\__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|
|_| |_| |___/ 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    * Red border in outdated themes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


-------------------------------------------------------
Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security?
Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier
Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo
http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642



Try Searching:
servers, voip, java, networking, microsoft ...
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>