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2.6.1-rc2
http://www.phpmyadmin.net
phpMyAdmin 2.6.1-rc2 - January 9th, 2005
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A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the Web.
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Announcement
------------
The phpMyAdmin Project is proud to announce the immediate
availability of the second release candidate of phpMyAdmin 2.6=
.1.
Almost four months have passed since 2.6.0, although three pat=
ch releases
were made to take care of several security alerts we received.=
In 2.6.1
there are two more security fixes. As a consequence of one of =
these fixes,
if you want to use MIME-based external transformations you hav=
e to use a
PHP version of 4.3.0 or later.
A big speed improvement for users of the "cookie" authenticati=
on type
is included starting from 2.6.1-rc1, but you must be running o=
n a Web
server with the mcrypt PHP module.
Another improvement worth mentionning, which relates to a new =
feature
offered on MySQL 4.1.2+: on multi-user installations, the cont=
rol user
no longer needs to have any rights to the "mysql" db. It is no=
w only used
to access the linked-tables infrastructure (pmadb).
Please note that it is not recommended to run this testing rel=
ease on
production environments.
phpMyAdmin is a web administration tool for MySQL databases, i=
ntended to
handle a whole database server as well as a single database. O=
ver the years,
it has become the most popular GUI for MySQL and is downloaded=
about 6,000
times a day, according to SourceForge.net.
The highlights of this release in detail:
Highlights
----------
Upgrade note:
* Using external transformations now requires PHP > 4.3.0
Improvements:
* Big speed improvement (if using auth_type =3D 'cookie') by usi=
ng the mcrypt library (if=20
available on your system)
* Improved wording when adding fields
* (mysqli) support for compressed protocol and CLIENT_LOCAL_FILE=
S
* Clickable active server in left panel
* Improved ANSI mode in various scripts
* Hints added (light bulb)
* Database copying
* New Database Operations tab: note that many db operations have=
been moved here, including the=20
PDF schema generation dialog
* Optional simple blocking of root login
* Binary log display
* Index creating on multiple fields
* Improved displaying of messages below tabs
* Handle MySQL "duplicate entry" error
* User list: top index for user initials
* Support for OLD_PASSWORD() function
* Under MySQL 4.1.2+, we no longer need the control user to have=
rights over the "mysql" db
* New checks for common index problems
* Upload: show filename of uploaded file
* Improved page selector when browsing foreign table values
* Improved handling of InnoDB constraints
* Speed up display for left panel with PMA infrastructure is use=
d
* New message "no activity..."
* Support of keywords NAMES and VIEW
* Can now edit next entry (based on the next numeric primary key=
)
* New warnings related to the use of mbstring
* Improved navigation in calendar
* Export: selectable SQL compatibility
* PDF schema: added support for output in UTF-8
Fixes:
* Security fix against some crafted data allowing arbitrary prog=
ram execution (if PHP safe mode=20
is off and external transformations are activated)
* Security fix against a possible attack on read_dump.php (if PH=
P safe mode is off)
* Incorrect appending of LIMIT to queries
* Export: insufficient space to save
* Export: convert end of line chars we get from MySQL
* Wrong double column sort (with JOIN)
* Export: (mysqli) some fields wrongly exported as BINARY
* Illegal mix of collations for converted strings
* Wrong tabbing from value to value
* Allow work on temporary tables
* UNIX_TIMESTAMP and optional parameter
* Export: improved zip headers
* 0 as field name caused problems
* Incorrect handling when no default server defined
* Export: Use just for SQL exports
* Comments and multi-table selects
* Security: deactivate the list of programs for external transfo=
rmations
* Incorrect handling of OFFSET
* Better displaying of table-specific privileges for a db contai=
ning an escaped character
* Since 2.6.0-pl3, connecting on a non-standard HTTP port did no=
t work
* Do not catch Alt and Shift keys
* Do not duplicate constraints when exporting multiple databases
* Illegal length for LONGTEXT
* Moving/copying a table: problem with constraints copying
* Reloading frame on multiple queries
* Collations on non-text fields
* Use standardized MIME type for gzip/bzip2
* Problem with field names like 000
* Timestamps problem under MySQL 4.1.x
* Support Option key for field moving in Safari
* Error when adding a FLOAT field under MySQL 4.1.x
Detailed list of changes since version 2.2.0 is available under
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt
Availability
------------
This software is available under the GNU General Public Licen=
se 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 und=
er
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-new=
s
This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fi=
xes.
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 "B=
ugs"]
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=3D23067 or
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "L=
ists"]
Finally, an users support forum is also available under:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=3D72909
Known bugs
----------
- phpMyAdmin SQL parser chokes on fieldnames with certain non-A=
SCII characters
(bugs #593598, #936161).
To be informed about new releases fixing these problems, 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. Ther=
e is
a "Donations" link on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Description
-----------
phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL ov=
er the Web. It
can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database.
Currently it can:
- create, copy and drop databases
- create, copy, drop, rename and alter tables
- do table maintenance
- delete, edit and add fields
- execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
- manage keys on fields
- load text files into tables
- create and read dumps of tables
- export data to CSV, XML and Latex formats
- administer multiple servers
- manage MySQL users and privileges
- check referential integrity
- using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries auto=
matically
connecting required tables
- create PDF graphics of your Database layout
- search globally in a database or a subset of it
- communicate in 47 different languages
Authors & Copyright
-------------------
Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschi=
ller.com>
Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSher=
brooke.qc.ca>
Olivier M=FCller <om_at_omnis.ch>
Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourc=
eforge.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.sourcef=
orge.net>
+ many other people
(check the CREDITS section of our d=
ocumentation)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or=
modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as publi=
shed 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 usefu=
l,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty o=
f
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 Lic=
ense
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 021=
11-1307 USA
Marc Delisle/ 2005-01-09
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