diff --git a/ANNOUNCE.txt b/ANNOUNCE.txt index e96067ae6..4be16f118 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE.txt +++ b/ANNOUNCE.txt @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ | '_ \| '_ \| '_ \| |\/| | | | | / _ \ / _` | '_ ` _ \| | '_ \ | |_) | | | | |_) | | | | |_| |/ ___ \ (_| | | | | | | | | | | | .__/|_| |_| .__/|_| |_|\__, /_/ \_\__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_| -|_| |_| |___/ 2.3.0 +|_| |_| |___/ 2.4.0 http://phpmyadmin.net -phpMyAdmin 2.3.0 - 11. August 2002 -================================ +phpMyAdmin 2.4.0 - March 2nd, 2003 +================================== A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the WWW. ----------------------------------------- @@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ phpMyAdmin 2.3.0 - 11. August 2002 Announcement ------------ - After 12 months of work and 4 release candidate versions, + After 7 months of work and 2 release candidate versions, the phpMyAdmin developers are pleased to announce the availability - of phpMyAdmin 2.3.0. + of phpMyAdmin 2.4.0. phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web, and is now one of the most popular PHP script used - worldwide: more than 1.2 million download in the past year! + worldwide: more than 3.1 million download in the past year! - phpMyAdmin 2.3.0 includes the following highlights: + phpMyAdmin 2.4.0 includes the following highlights: Highlights @@ -31,33 +31,60 @@ Highlights Some improvements: - * new page layout for table and db properties - * centralized db for support tables - * can specify a different charset for MySQL and HTML - * utf-8 charset support - * schema output in PDF - * operators in field selection - * translation feedback page - * print view for SQL results - * EXPLAIN support - * generate PHP code from a query - * full database search - * IP-based Allow/Deny - * foreign table display field - * support for some MyISAM table options - * XML export - * query-by-example: automatic joins - * faster table delete under MySQL 4 + * PDF pages + - new data dictionary + - support for deleting a PDF page definition + - better browser support + * cookie login: login error message + * new server/user management interface with sub-pages + - more intuitive interface + - interface to most MySQL status variables + - server traffic & query statistics + - support new MySQL 4 privileges + - support for user resource limits + - privileges may now be edited without reloading the user tables + * Export + - export to LaTeX format + - better handling of charset conversion + - better output order of inserts/creates + - export results of any single-table SELECT + * option to only copy data (append) to a table + * better handling of confirmation requests (bookmarks) and LIMIT + * support EXTRACT ... FROM + * check/uncheck all for field selection + * moving cursor with ctrl/arrows in table creation and row editing + * images in PNG format where possible + * display UPDATE SQL statement after a row edit + * in Select sub-page, drop-down for ENUMs + * support for compressed connections to the MySQL server + * upload of binary file into a field + * new documentation layout + * (for phpMyAdmin developers) interface to DBG extension for + debugging/profiling Some fixes: - * CURDATE did not work in the function list - * javascript error with Mozilla and Opera - * a mysql error when dropping fields - * alter table was not working on a replicate - * bookmark error when the table no longer exists - * bad limit of the number of characters for numeric fields - * problem with headers in Apache 2 + * output handler warning for PHP >=4.3.0 + * usernames with "@" character + * links or submit buttons for db search results + * warning for bzip problem of PHP 4.2.1 + * wrong "Back" links + * UNION processing generated undefined variables + * handling of "LOCAL" in recent MySQL versions for LOAD DATA INFILE + * wrong drop-down for foreign keys in Select sub-page + * wrong charset information in XML exports + * parsing error for the single quote case + * problem with SQL validator interface + * wrong parsing of INTERVAL and AUTO_INCREMENT + * no longer allow invalid options like UNSIGNED in SET/ENUM + * problem entering comments in Relation view + * fix for kanji encoding problem + * empty field names on add fields page caused problems + * the quicklinks on top of each page are now pointing to the default tabs + * problem with recieving the database list with MySQL >= 4.0.2-alpha + * adjusted font sizes for Opera 7 for Windows + * problems with editing the contents of the SQL query boxes with Opera 7 + for Windows Detailed list of changes since version 2.2.0 is available under http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt @@ -108,7 +135,10 @@ Support and Documentation Known bugs ---------- - * ... + * Querying UNION SELECTs may result in php errors about undefined variables. + Furthermore, the total number of rows may be not calculated correctly, here. + * Some users reported problems on machines with Zend Accelerator (TM). + * The MySQL 4.1.x and php 5.0.x branches are not yet supported by phpMyAdmin. To be informed about new releases fixing these problems, please subscribe to the news mailing list under @@ -130,26 +160,27 @@ phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the WWW. - create and read dumps of tables - export and import CSV data - support single- and multi-user configuration - - communicate in more than 41 different languages + - add, delete and edit MySQL users + - communicate in more than 42 different languages Author & Copyright ------------------ - Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller + Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller + Copyright (C) 2001- Marc Delisle Olivier Müller Loïc Chapeaux Robin Johnson Armel Fauveau - Geert Lund - Korakot Chaovavanich - Pete Kelly Steve Alberty - Benjamin Gandon Alexander M. Turek Mike Beck - + many other people (check the CREDITS file) + Michal Cihar + Garvin Hicking + + 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 @@ -167,5 +198,5 @@ Author & Copyright -EOF -- Olivier Müller / 2002.08.11 +EOF -- Alexander M. Turek / 2003.03.02 diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 4980a888b..1dd0be111 100755 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog $Id$ $Source$ +2003-02-15 Alexander M. Turek + * ANNOUNCE.txt: Prepared announcement for 2.4.0. Please feel free to correct + it if necessary. + 2003-02-14 Alexander M. Turek * server_databases.php3, server_privileges.php3, lang/*.inc.php3: Reimplemented "check privileges" feature.