From b051d693dce7325bdeaaca02613e32a78ebd6300 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Michal=20=C4=8Ciha=C5=99?=
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:28:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Documented moving using Ctrl+arrows (FAQ 6.16).
---
Documentation.html | 8 +
Documentation.txt | 471 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
2 files changed, 259 insertions(+), 220 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index 465c30c80..7f4e3dc58 100755
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -2469,6 +2469,14 @@ $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https' : 'http') . '://'
+
+ [6.16] How can I simply move in page with plenty editing fields?
+
+ You can use Ctrl+arrows for moving on most pages with plenty editing
+ fields (table structure changes, row editing, etc.).
+
+
+
[7. phpMyAdmin project]
diff --git a/Documentation.txt b/Documentation.txt
index 0387ea75f..f83b141a8 100644
--- a/Documentation.txt
+++ b/Documentation.txt
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
- phpMyAdmin 2.3.3pl1 Documentation
-
+ phpMyAdmin 2.4.0-dev Documentation
+
* Sourceforge phpMyAdmin project page [ http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
]
* Local documents:
+ Version history: ChangeLog
+ General notes: README
+ License: LICENSE
- * Documentation version: $Id: Documentation.html,v 1.366 2002/12/04
- 18:22:31 lem9 Exp $
+ * Documentation version: $Id: Documentation.html,v 1.373 2003/01/07
+ 14:04:42 lem9 Exp $
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
Requirements
* PHP3 or PHP4: phpMyAdmin widely uses the 'str_replace()' php
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ Requirements
correctly with MySQL >= 4.1.0!
* a web-browser (doh!).
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
Introduction
phpMyAdmin can manage a whole MySQL-server (needs a super-user) but
@@ -52,33 +52,33 @@ Introduction
* create complex queries automatically connecting required tables
* create PDF graphics of your Database layout
* communicate in more than 41 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).
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
Installation
NOTE: phpMyAdmin does not apply any special security methods to the
MySQL database server. It is still the sysadmin's job to grant
permissions on the MySQL databases properly. phpMyAdmin's "Users" page
can be used for this.
-
+
Warning for Mac users:if you are on a MacOS version before OS X,
Stuffit unstuffs with Mac formats.
So you'll have to resave as in Bbedit to unix style ALL phpMyAdmin
scripts before uploading them to your server, as PHP seems not to like
Mac-style end of lines character ("\r").
-
+
Documentation warning: when you see in this document a .php3 file
extension, please transpose to .php if you are using a kit with files
having this extension.
-
+
Quick Install:
1. Choose and download a distribution kit with the files having the
extension (.php3 or .php) depending on the way your web/PHP server
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ Installation
your browser. phpMyAdmin should now display a welcome screen and
your databases, or a login dialog if using http or cookie
authentication mode.
-
+
Upgrading from an older version:
* Please do not copy your older config.inc.php3 over the new one: it
may offer new configuration variables, and the new version may
depend on these for normal behavior. It is suggested instead to
insert your site values in the new one.
-
+
Using authentication modes:
* Http and cookie authentication modes are recommended in a
multi-user environment where you want to give users access to
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ Installation
Nevertheless be aware that MS Internet Explorer seems to be really
buggy about cookies, at least till version 6. And php 4.1.1 is
also a bit buggy in this area!
+ Even in a single-user environment, you might prefer to use http or
+ cookie mode so that your user/password pair are not in clear in
+ the configuration file.
* Http and cookie authentication modes are more secure: the MySQL
password does not need to be set in the phpMyAdmin configuration
file (except for the "controluser" -see the Configuration
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ Installation
This example assumes you want to use pma as the controluser and
pmapass as the controlpass, but this is only an example: use
something else in your file:
-
+
GRANT USAGE ON mysql.* TO 'pma'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY
'pmapass';
GRANT SELECT (Host, User, Select_priv, Insert_priv, Update_priv,
@@ -150,31 +153,34 @@ Installation
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON TO
'pma'@'localhost'; (this of course requires you to have a special DB
for phpMyAdmin, the contents will be explained later)
- * Then each of the true users should be granted of a set of
- privileges on a set of particular databases but shouldn't have any
- global privileges. For example, to grant the user real_user with
- all privileges on the database user_base:
+ * Then each of the true users should be granted a set of privileges
+ on a set of particular databases. Normally you shouldn't give
+ global privileges to an ordinary user, unless you understand the
+ impact of those privileges (for example, you are creating a
+ superuser).
+ For example, to grant the user real_user with all privileges on
+ the database user_base:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON user_base.* TO 'real_user'@localhost
IDENTIFIED BY 'real_password';
What the user may now do is controlled entirely by the MySQL user
management system.
With http or cookie auth mode, you don't need to fill the
user/password fields inside the $cfg['Servers'] array.
-
+
'http' authentication mode:
* Was called 'advanced' in versions before 2.2.3.
* Introduced in 1.3.0, it uses Basic HTTP authentication method and
allows you to login as any valid MySQL user.
* Is only supported with PHP running as an Apache module, not with
cgi.
-
+
'cookie' authentication mode:
* You can use this method as a replacement for the http
authentication (for example, if you're running IIS).
* Obviously, the user must enable cookies in the browser.
* With this mode, the use can truly logout of phpMyAdmin and login
back with the same username.
-
+
'config' authentication mode:
* This mode is the less secure one because it requires you to fill
the $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] and
@@ -188,20 +194,20 @@ Installation
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] configuration
directives.
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
Configuration
Warning for Mac users: php seems not to like Mac end of lines
character ("\r"). So ensure you choose the option that allows to use
the *nix end of line character ("\n") in your text editor before
registering a script you have modified.
-
+
All configurable data is placed in config.inc.php3.
-
+
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] string
Sets here the complete url (with full path) to your phpMyAdmin
version. E.g.
@@ -216,7 +222,7 @@ Configuration
proper value. Additional details are in the configuration file.
Alternatively, this setting can be dynamically completed. For
example, you can try to use such a kind of code:
-
+
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https' : 'http') . '://'
. $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']
. (!empty($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT']) ? ':' . $_SERVER['SER
@@ -237,14 +243,14 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
Please note that the $_SERVER array doesn't exist in
PHP < 4.1.0. Try to replace $_SERVER by $HTTP_SERVER_VARS or
$GLOBALS in this case.
-
+
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri_DisableWarning'] boolean
By default, when you leave $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] empty, and
the system detects your absolute URI automatically, we display
a warning to remind you. If you have tested the automatic
detection, and it works perfectly for your setup, then you can
set this variable to squelch the warning.
-
+
$cfg['PmaNoRelation_DisableWarning'] boolean
Starting with version 2.3.0 phpMyAdmin offers a lot of features
to work with master / foreign - tables (see
@@ -255,7 +261,7 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
those features have been disabled.
If you do not want to use those features set this variable to
TRUE to stop this message from appearing.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'] array
Since version 1.4.2, phpMyAdmin supports the administration of
multiple MySQL servers. Therefore, a $cfg['Servers']-array has
@@ -265,24 +271,24 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] the hostname of the second server,
etc. If you have only one server to administer, simply leave
free the hostname of the other $cfg['Server']-entries.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] string
The hostname of your $i-th MySQL-server. E.g. localhost.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] string
The port-number of your $i-th MySQL-server. Default is 3306
(leave blank).
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] string
The path to the socket to use. Leave blank for default.
To use the socket feature you must run php 3.0.10 or more.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] string
What type connection to use with the MySQL server. Your options
are 'socket' & 'tcp'. It defaults to 'tcp' as that is nearly
guarenteed to be available on all MySQL servers, while sockets
are not supported on some platforms.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] string
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] string
When using http or cookie authentication modes (or 'config'
@@ -299,11 +305,11 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
privileges you gave to the "controluser". phpMyAdmin does not
support a direct login with the "controluser".
In versions before 2.2.5, those were called "stduser/stdpass".
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] string ['http'|'cookie'|'config']
Whether config or cookie or http authentication should be used
for this server.
-
+
+ 'config' authentication ($auth_type = 'config') is the plain
old way: username and password are stored in config.inc.php3.
+ 'cookie' authentication mode ($auth_type = 'cookie') as
@@ -314,16 +320,16 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
+ 'http' authentication (was called 'advanced' in older
versions) ($auth_type = 'http') as introduced in 1.3.0 allows
you to log in as any valid MySQL user via HTTP-Auth.
-
+
Please see the install section on "Using authentication modes"
for more information.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] string
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] string
The user/password-pair which phpMyAdmin will use to connect to
this MySQL-server. This user/password pair is not needed when
http or cookie authentication is used, and should be empty.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db'] string or array
If set to a(an array of) database name(s), only this(these)
database(s) will be shown to the user. Since phpMyAdmin 2.2.1,
@@ -337,14 +343,14 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
privileges rules of the MySQL database server. If set, it just
means only these databases will be displayed but not at all
other databases can't be used.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] string
Only useful when using phpMyAdmin with multiple server entries.
If set, this string will be displayed instead of the hostname
in the pulldown menu on the main page. This can be useful if
you want to show only certain databases on your system, for
example.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] string
Starting with version 2.3.0 phpMyAdmin offers a lot of features
to work with master / foreign - tables. To use those as well as
@@ -357,7 +363,7 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
If you are setting up a multi-user phpMyAdmin installation, you
will need to create a new db and setup special privileges, so,
as superuser:
-
+
+ create a new database for phpmyadmin:
CREATE DATABASE phpmyadmin;
Note that "controluser" must have SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and
@@ -368,12 +374,12 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
'pma'@'localhost';
do not give any other user rights on this database.
+ enter the databasename in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] string
Since release 2.2.0 phpMyAdmin allows to bookmark queries. This
can be useful for queries you often run.
To allow the usage of this functionality you have to:
-
+
+ set up "pmadb" as described above
+ within this database create a table following this scheme:
CREATE TABLE `PMA_bookmark` (
@@ -385,12 +391,12 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
PRIMARY KEY (id)
) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Bookmarks';
+ enter the tablename in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable']
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] string
Since release 2.2.4 you can describe, in a special 'relation'
table, which field is a key in another table (a foreign key).
phpMyAdmin currently uses this to
-
+
+ make clickable, when you browse the master table, the data
values that point to the foreign table;
+ display in an optional tooltip the "display field" when
@@ -403,10 +409,10 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
in the FAQ, section "Using phpMyAdmin");
+ enable you to get a PDF schema of your database (also uses
the table_coords table).
-
+
The keys can be numeric or character.
To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser has to:
-
+
+ set up "pmadb" as described above
+ within this database create a table following this scheme:
CREATE TABLE `PMA_relation` (
@@ -425,11 +431,11 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
+ now as normal user open phpMyAdmin and for each one of your
tables where you want to use this feature, click
"Structure/Relation view/" and choose foreign fields.
-
+
Please note that in the current (2.3.0) version, master_db must
be the same as foreign_db. Those fields have been put in future
development of the cross-db relations.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] string
Since release 2.3.0 you can describe, in a special 'table_info'
table, which field is to be displayed as a tooltip when moving
@@ -437,7 +443,7 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
This configuration variable will hold the name of this special
table. To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser
has to:
-
+
+ set up "pmadb" as described above
+ within this database create a table following this scheme:
CREATE TABLE `PMA_table_info` (
@@ -451,9 +457,9 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
+ then for each table where you want to use this feature, click
"Structure/Relation view/Choose field to display" to choose
the field.
-
+
Usage tip: Display field.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] string
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] string
Since release 2.3.0 you can have phpMyAdmin create PDF pages
@@ -465,7 +471,7 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
PDF pages (see $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages']) to create PDF
output.
To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser has to:
-
+
+ set up "pmadb" as described above
+ within this database create a table following this scheme:
CREATE TABLE `PMA_table_coords` (
@@ -489,15 +495,15 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
+ put the first table name in
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] and the second table name
in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages']
-
+
Usage tips: PDF output.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_comments'] string
Since release 2.3.0 you can store comments to describe each
column for each table. These will then be shown on the
"printview".
To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser has to:
-
+
+ set up "pmadb" as described above
+ within this database create a table following this scheme:
CREATE TABLE `PMA_column_comments` (
@@ -510,7 +516,7 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
UNIQUE KEY db_name (db_name, table_name, column_name)
) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Comments for Columns';
+ put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_comments']
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] string
If your rule order is empty, then IP authentication is
disabled.
@@ -531,7 +537,7 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
This is the most secure means of using Allow/Deny rules, and
was available in Apache by specifying allow and deny rules
without setting any order.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] array of strings
The general format for the rules is as such:
<'allow' | 'deny'> [from]
@@ -552,7 +558,7 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
IP addresses)
But the following does not work:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xx[yyy-zzz] (partial IP address range)
-
+
$cfg['ServerDefault'] integer
If you have more than one server configured, you can set
$cfg['ServerDefault'] to any one of them to autoconnect to that
@@ -560,63 +566,63 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
list of servers without logging in.
If you have only one server configured, $cfg['ServerDefault']
MUST be set to that server.
-
+
$cfg['OBGzip'] boolean
Defines whether to use gzip output buffering for increased
speed in HTTP transfers.
-
+
$cfg['PersistentConnections'] boolean
Whether persistent connections should be used or not
(mysql_connect or mysql_pconnect).
-
+
$cfg['ExecTimeLimit'] integer [number of seconds]
Set the number of seconds a script is allowed to run. If
seconds is set to zero, no time limit is imposed.
This setting is used while importing/exporting dump files but
has no effect when PHP is running in safe mode.
-
+
$cfg['SkipLockedTables'] boolean
Mark used tables and make it possible to show databases with
locked tables (since 3.23.30).
-
+
$cfg['ShowSQL'] boolean
Defines whether sql-queries generated by phpMyAdmin should be
displayed or not.
-
+
$cfg['AllowUserDropDatabase'] boolean
Defines whether normal users (non-administrator) are allowed to
delete their own database or not. If set as FALSE, the link
"Drop Database" will not be shown, and even a "DROP DATABASE
mydatabase" will be rejected. Quite practical for ISP's with
many customers.
-
+
$cfg['Confirm'] boolean
Whether a warning ("Are your really sure..") should be
displayed when you're about to loose data.
-
+
$cfg['LoginCookieRecall'] boolean
Define whether the previous login should be recalled or not in
cookie authentication mode.
-
+
$cfg['UseDbSearch'] boolean
Define whether the "search string inside database" is enabled
or not.
-
+
$cfg['LeftFrameLight'] boolean
Defines whether to use select-based menu and display only the
current tables in the left frame (smaller page).
-
+
$cfg['ShowTooltip'] boolean
Defines whether to display table comment as tooltip in left
frame or not.
-
+
$cfg['ShowStats'] boolean
Defines whether to display space usage and statistics about
databases and tables or not.
Note that statistics requires at least MySQL 3.23.3 and that,
at this date, MySQL doesn't return such information for
Berkeley DB tables.
-
+
$cfg['ShowMysqlInfo'] boolean
$cfg['ShowMysqlVars'] boolean
$cfg['ShowPhpInfo'] boolean
@@ -633,34 +639,34 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
effect with "config" authentication mode: because of the hard
coded password value in the configuration file, end users can't
be allowed to change their passwords.
-
+
$cfg['SuggestDBName'] boolean
Defines whether to suggest a database name on the "Create
Database" form or to keep the textfield empty.
-
+
$cfg['ShowBlob'] boolean
Defines whether BLOB fields are shown when browsing a table's
content or not.
-
+
$cfg['NavigationBarIconic'] boolean
Defines whether navigation bar buttons contain text or symbols
only.
-
+
$cfg['ShowAll'] boolean
Defines whether an user should be displayed a "show all
(records)" button in browse mode or not.
-
+
$cfg['MaxRows'] integer
Number of rows displayed when browsing a resultset. If the
resultset contains more rows, Previous/Next links will be
shown.
-
+
$cfg['Order'] string [DESC|ASC|SMART]
Defines whether fields are displayed in ascending (ASC) order,
in descending (DESC) order or in a "smart" (SMART) order -ie
descending order for fields of type TIME, DATE, DATETIME &
TIMESTAMP, ascending order else- by default.
-
+
$cfg['ProtectBinary'] boolean or string
Defines whether BLOB or BINARY fields are protected from
edition when browsing a table's content or not. Valid values
@@ -668,64 +674,64 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
- FALSE to allow edition of all fields;
- blob to allow edition of all fields except BLOBS;
- all to disallow edition of all BINARY or BLOB fields.
-
+
$cfg['ShowFunctionFields'] boolean
Defines whether MySQL functions fields should be displayed or
not in edit/insert mode.
-
+
$cfg['CharEditing'] string
Defines which type of editing controls should be used for CHAR
and VARCHAR fields. Possible values are:
-
+
+ input - this allows to limit size of text to size of field in
MySQL, but has problems with newlines in fields
+ textarea - no problems with newlines in fields, but also no
length limitations
-
+
Default is old behavior so input.
-
+
$cfg['ZipDump'] boolean
$cfg['GZipDump'] boolean
$cfg['BZipDump'] boolean
Defines whether to allow the use of zip/gzip/bzip compression
when creating a dump file or not.
-
+
$cfg['DefaultTabDatabase'] string
Defines the tab displayed by default on database view. Possible
values: "db_details_structure.php3", "db_details.php3" or
"db_search.php3".
-
+
$cfg['DefaultTabTable'] string
Defines the tab displayed by default on table view. Possible
values: "tbl_properties_structure.php3", "tbl_properties.php3",
"tbl_select.php3" or "tbl_change.php3".
-
+
$cfg['MySQLManualBase'] string
If set to an URL which points to the MySQL documentation (type
depends on $cfg['MySQLManualType']), appropriate help links are
generated.
See MySQL Documentation page for more information about MySQL
manuals and their types.
-
+
$cfg['MySQLManualType'] string
Type of MySQL documentation:
-
+
+ old - old style used in phpMyAdmin 2.3.0 and sooner
+ searchable - "Searchable, with user comments"
+ chapters - "HTML, one page per chapter"
+ big - "HTML, all on one page"
+ none - do not show documentation links
-
+
$cfg['DefaultLang'] string
Defines the default language to use, if not browser-defined or
user-defined.
See the select_lang.inc.php3 script to know the valid values
for this setting.
-
+
$cfg['Lang'] string
Force: always use this language (must be defined in the
select_lang.inc.php3 script).
-
+
$cfg['DefaultCharset'] string
Default charset to use for recoding of MySQL queries. This must
be enabled and it's described by $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']
@@ -733,59 +739,59 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
You can give here any charset which is in
$cfg['AvailableCharsets'] array and this is just default
choice, user can select any of them.
-
+
$cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'] boolean
Allow charset recoding of MySQL queries. You need recode or
iconv support (compiled in or module) in php to allow MySQL
queries recoding and used language file must have it enabled
(by default only these which are in unicode, just to avoid
losing some characters).
-
+
$cfg['RecodingEngine'] string
You can select here which functions will be used for charset
conversion. Possible values are:
-
+
+ auto - automatically use available one (first is tested
iconv, then recode)
+ iconv - use iconv or libiconv functions
+ recode - use recode_string function
-
+
Default is auto.
-
+
$cfg['AvailableCharsets'] array
Available charsets for MySQL conversion. You can add your own
(any of supported by recode/iconv) or remove these which you
don't use. Charsets will be shown in same order as here listed,
so if you frequently use some of these move them to the top.
-
+
$cfg['LeftWidth'] integer
Left frame width in pixel.
-
+
$cfg['LeftBgColor'] string [HTML color]
$cfg['RightBgColor'] string [HTML color]
The background colors (HTML) used for both the frames.
-
+
$cfg['RightBgImage'] string
The URI of the background image used for the right frame. It
can be absolute as well as relative from your phpMyAdmin
directory.
-
+
$cfg['LeftPointerColor'] string [HTML color]
The color (HTML) used for the pointer in the left frame (does
not work with NS4).
-
+
$cfg['Border'] integer
The size of a table's border.
-
+
$cfg['ThBgcolor'] string [HTML color]
The color (HTML) used for table headers.
-
+
$cfg['BgcolorOne'] string [HTML color]
The color (HTML) #1 for table rows.
-
+
$cfg['BgcolorTwo'] string [HTML color]
The color (HTML) #2 for table rows.
-
+
$cfg['BrowsePointerColor'] string [HTML color]
$cfg['BrowseMarkerColor'] string [HTML color]
The colors (HTML) uses for the pointer and the marker in browse
@@ -795,7 +801,7 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
clicking on them.
You can disable both of these features by emptying the
respective directive.
-
+
$cfg['TextareaCols'] integer
$cfg['TextareaRows'] integer
$cfg['CharTextareaCols'] integer
@@ -804,27 +810,27 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
This value will be emphasized (*2) for sql query textareas.
The Char* values are used for CHAR and VARCHAR editing (if
configured via $cfg['CharEditing']).
-
+
$cfg['TextareaAutoSelect'] boolean
Defines if the whole textarea of the query box will be selected
on click.
-
+
$cfg['LimitChars'] integer
Maximal number of Chars showed in a TEXT OR a BLOB field on
browse view. Can be turned off by a toggle button on the browse
page.
-
+
$cfg['ModifyDeleteAtLeft'] boolean
$cfg['ModifyDeleteAtRight'] boolean
Defines the place where modify and delete links would be put
when tables contents are displayed (you may have them displayed
both at the left and at the right). "Left" and "right" are
parsed as "top" and "bottom" with vertical display mode.
-
+
$cfg['DefaultDisplay'] string
There are 2 display modes: horizontal and vertical. Define
which one is displayed by default.
-
+
$cfg['UploadDir'] string
The name of the directory, ending with a slash, where SQL files
have been uploaded by other means than phpMyAdmin (for example,
@@ -836,10 +842,10 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
Please note that if PHP is running in safe mode, this directory
must be owned by the same user as the owner of the phpMyAdmin
scripts.
-
+
$cfg['RepeatCells'] integer
Repeat the headers every X cells, or 0 to deactivate.
-
+
$cfg['SQP']['enable'] boolean
As of phpMyAdmin 2.3.0, we now have a fully functional SQL
Parser system. It is enabled by default, as it is used to
@@ -848,12 +854,12 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
it will analyze certain queries to improve the behavior of
phpMyAdmin. But as it is very new, and not yet heavily used, we
offer you an option to turn it off.
-
+
$cfg['SQP']['fmtType'] string [html|none]
The main use of the new SQL Parser is to pretty-print SQL
queries. By default we use HTML to format the query, but you
can disable this by setting this varible to 'none'
-
+
$cfg['SQP']['fmtInd'] float
$cfg['SQP']['fmtIndUnit'] string [em|px|pt|ex]
For the pretty-printing of SQL queries, under some cases the
@@ -862,7 +868,7 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
Related in purpose is $cfg['SQP']['fmtIndUnit'] which specifies
the units of the indent amount that you specified. This is used
via stylesheets.
-
+
$cfg['SQP']['fmtColor'] array of string tuples
This array is used to define the colours for each type of
element of the pretty-printed SQL queries. The tuple format is
@@ -871,7 +877,7 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
ignored in creating the stylesheet. You should not alter the
class names, only the colour strings.
Class name key:
-
+
+ comment Applies to all comment sub-classes
+ comment_mysql Comments as "#...\n"
+ comment_ansi Comments as "-- ...\n"
@@ -899,44 +905,44 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
+ quote_double Double quotes "
+ quote_single Single quotes '
+ quote_backtick Backtick quotes `
-
+
$cfg['SQLValidator']['use'] boolean
phpMyAdmin now supports use of the Mimer SQL Validator service,
as originally published on Slashdot.
For help in setting up your system to use the service, see the
FAQ #6.14.
-
+
$cfg['SQLValidator']['username'] string
$cfg['SQLValidator']['password'] string
The SOAP service allows you to login with anonymous and any
password, so we use those by default.. Instead, if you have an
account with them, you can put your login details here, and it
will be used in place of the anonymous login.
-
+
$cfg['ColumnTypes'] array
All possible types of a MySQL column. In most cases you don't
need to edit this.
-
+
$cfg['AttributeTypes'] array
Possible attributes for fields. In most cases you don't need to
edit this.
-
+
$cfg['Functions'] array
A list of functions MySQL supports. In most cases you don't
need to edit this.
______________________________________________________________________
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+
Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Server - Configuration - Limitations - Multi-user - Browsers
- Usage tips - Project
-
+
[1. Server]
-
+
[1.1] I'm running php 4+ and my server is crashing each time a
specific action is required or phpMyAdmin sends a blank page or a page
full of cryptic characters to my browser, what can I do?
@@ -948,28 +954,28 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
candidates of php 4.2.0 (tested with php 4.2.0 RC1 to RC4) together
with MS Internet Explorer. Please upgrade to the release version php
4.2.0.
-
+
[1.2] My Apache server crashes when using phpMyAdmin.
You should first try the latest versions of Apache (and possibly
MySQL).
See also the other FAQ entry about php bugs with output buffering.
If your server keeps crashing, please ask for help in the various
Apache support groups.
-
+
[1.3] I'm running phpMyAdmin with "cookie" authentication mode under
PHP 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 loaded as an Apache 2+ module but can't enter the
script: I'm always displayed the login screen.
This is a known PHP bug (see this bug report) from the official php
bug database. It means there is and won't be any phpMyAdmin fix
against it because there is no way to code a fix.
-
+
[1.4] Using phpMyAdmin on IIS, I'm displayed the error message: "The
specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set
of HTTP headers...."
You just forgot to read the install.txt file from the php
distribution. Have a look at the last message in this bug report from
the official php bug database.
-
+
[1.5] Using phpMyAdmin on IIS, I'm facing crashes and/or many error
messages with the http or advanced authentication mode.
This is a known problem with the php ISAPI filter: it's not so stable.
@@ -977,14 +983,14 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
posted by André B. aka "djdeluxe76" in this thread from the phpWizard
forum.
Please use instead the cookie authentication mode.
-
+
[1.6] I can't use phpMyAdmin on PWS: nothing is displayed!
This seems to be a PWS bug. Filippo Simoncini found a workaroud (at
this time there is no better fix): remove or comment the DOCTYPE
declarations (2 lines) from the scripts header.inc.php3,
header_printview.inc.php3, index.php3, left.php3 and
libraries/common.lib.php3.
-
+
[1.7] How can I GZip or Bzip a dump or a CSV export. It seems to not
work?
These features are based on the gzencode() and bzcompress() php
@@ -994,7 +1000,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
We faced php crashes when trying to download a dump with MS Internet
Explorer when phpMyAdmin is run with a release candidate of php 4.2.0.
In this case you should switch to the release version of php 4.2.0.
-
+
[1.8] I cannot insert a text file in a table, and I get an error about
safe mode being in effect.
Your uploaded file is saved by PHP in the "upload dir", as defined in
@@ -1008,7 +1014,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
* give proper permission: chmod 600 /tmp/php
* put upload_tmp_dir = /tmp/php in php.ini
* restart Apache
-
+
[1.9] I'm having troubles when uploading files. In general file
uploads don't work on my system and uploaded files have a
Content-Type: header in the first line.
@@ -1023,7 +1029,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
So please download the fixed package (4.0.4pl1-9) and the problem
should go away.
And that fixes the \r\n problem with file uploads!
-
+
[1.10] I'm having troubles when uploading files with phpMyAdmin
running on a secure server. My browser is Internet Explorer and I'm
using the Apache server.
@@ -1031,7 +1037,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
httpd.conf:
SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown
It seems to clear up many problems between IE and SSL.
-
+
[1.11] I get an 'open_basedir restriction' while uploading a file from
the query box.
Since version 2.2.4, phpMyAdmin supports servers with open_basedir
@@ -1041,25 +1047,25 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
and the same owner as the owner of your phpMyAdmin directory. The
uploaded files will be moved there, and after execution of your SQL
commands, removed.
-
+
[1.12] I have lost my MySQL root password, what can I do?
The MySql manual explains how to reset the permissions.
-
+
[1.13] I get an error 'No SQL query' when trying to execute a
bookmark.
If PHP does not have read/write access to its upload_tmp_dir, it
cannot access the uploaded query.
-
+
[1.14] I get an error 'No SQL query' when trying to submit a query
from the convenient text area.
Check the post_max_size directive from your php configuration file and
try to increase it.
-
+
[1.15] I have problems with mysql.user field names.
In older MySQL versions, the User and Password fields were named user
and password. Please modify your field names to align with current
standards.
-
+
[1.16] I cannot upload big dump files.
The first things to check (or ask your host provider to check) are the
values of upload_max_filesize, memory_limit and post_max_size in the
@@ -1067,7 +1073,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
All of these three settings limit the maximum size of data that can be
submitted and handled by php. One user also said that post_max_size
and memory_limit need to be larger than upload_max_filesize.
-
+
[1.17] Does phpMyAdmin support MySQL 4?
MySQL 4 is not yet fully supported by phpMyAdmin.
Because of MySQL 4's backwards compatibility you can use phpMyAdmin
@@ -1081,20 +1087,20 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
syntax of string field types, this version of phpMyAdmin probably
won't work correctly with MySQL >= 4.1.0! We will work on the support
as soon as MySQL 4.1.0 is released.
-
+
[1.18] I'm running MySQL <= 4.0.1 having lower_case_table_names set to
1. If I create a new table with a capital letter in its name it is
changed to lowercase as it should. But if I try to DROP this table
MySQL is unable to find the corresponding file.
This is a bug of MySQL <= 4.0.1. Please upgrade to at least
MySQL 4.0.2 or turn off your lower_case_table_names directive.
-
+
[1.19] I can't run the "display relations" feature because the script
seems not to know the font face I'm using!
The "FPDF" library we're using for this feature requires some special
files to use font faces.
Please refers to the FPDF manual to build these files.
-
+
[1.20] I receive the error "cannot load MySQL extension, please check
PHP Configuration".
To connect to a MySQL server, PHP needs a set of MySQL functions
@@ -1104,16 +1110,16 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
extension but failed.
Usually, the problem is solved by installing a software package called
"PHP-MySQL" or something similar.
-
+
[1.21] I am running the CGI version of PHP under Unix, and I cannot
login using cookie auth.
In php.ini, set mysql.max_links higher than 1.
-
+
[1.22] I don't see the "Location of text file" field, so I cannot
upload.
This is most likely because in php.ini, your file_uploads parameter is
not set to "on".
-
+
[1.23] I'm running MySQL on a Win32 machine. Each time I create a new
table the table and field names are changed to lowercase!
This happens because the MySQL directive lower_case_table_names
@@ -1125,11 +1131,11 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Next, save the file and restart the MySQL service. You can always
check the value of this directive using the query
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'lower_case_table_names';
-
+
[1.24] Some characters are being truncated in my queries, or I get
characters randomly added. I am running PHP 4.2.3.
This is a PHP 4.2.3 bug.
-
+
[1.25] I am running Apache with mod_gzip-1.3.26.1a on Windows XP, and
I get problems, such as undefined variables when I run a SQL query.
A tip from Jose Fandos: put a comment on the following two lines in
@@ -1138,21 +1144,21 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
# mod_gzip_item_include mime "application/x-httpd-php.*"
as this version of mod_gzip on Apache (Windows) has problems handling
php scripts. Of course you have to restart Apache.
-
+
[2. Configuration]
-
+
[2.1] The error message "Warning: Cannot add header information -
headers already sent by ..." is displayed, what's the problem?
Edit your config.inc.php or .php3 file and ensure there is nothing (ie
no blank lines, no spaces, no characters...) neither before the tag at the end.
-
+
[2.2] phpMyAdmin can't connect to MySQL. What's wrong?
Either there is an error with your PHP setup or your username/password
is wrong. Try to make a small script which uses mysql_connect and see
if it works. If it doesn't, it may be you haven't even compiled MySQL
support into PHP.
-
+
[2.3] The error message "Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't
connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'
(111)..." is displayed. What can I do?
@@ -1176,10 +1182,10 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
phpMyAdmin, you need to complete the socket information in the
config.inc.php3.
For example: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '/tmp/mysql.sock';
-
+
Have also a look at the corresponding section of the MySQL
documentation.
-
+
[2.4] Nothing is displayed by my browser when I try to run phpMyAdmin,
what can I do?
Try to set the $cfg['OBGZip'] directive to FALSE in the phpMyAdmin
@@ -1187,15 +1193,15 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Also have a look at your php version number: if it contains "4.0b..."
it means you're running a beta version of PHP. That's not a so good
idea, please upgrade to a plain revision.
-
+
[2.5] Each time I want to insert or change a record or drop a database
or a table, an error 404 (page not found) is displayed or, with http
or cookie authentication, I'm asked to login again. What's wrong?
Check the value you set for the $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] directive in
the phpMyAdmin configuration file.
-
+
[3. Known limitations]
-
+
[3.1] When using http authentication, an user who logged out can not
relog in with the same nick.
This is related to the authentication mechanism (protocol) used by
@@ -1203,7 +1209,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
time to do it, but you can bypass this problem: just close all the
opened browser windows and then go back to phpMyAdmin. You should be
able to logs in again.
-
+
[3.2] When dumping a large table in compressed mode, I get a memory
limit error or a time limit error.
As of version 2.2.4, we build the compressed dump in memory, so large
@@ -1211,14 +1217,33 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
system calls to mysqldump then gzip or bzip2) would not be applicable
in environments where PHP is in safe mode: access to system programs
is is limited by the system administrator, and time limit is enforced.
-
+
[3.3] With InnoDB tables, I lose foreign key relationships when I
rename or alter a table.
This seems to be a InnoDB bug (fixed in MySQL 3.23.50?). However, keep
in mind that phpMyAdmin as of version 2.3.0 does not support InnoDB.
-
+
+ [3.4] I am unable to import dumps I created with the mysqldump tool
+ bundled with the MySQL server distribution.
+ The problem is that mysqldump creates invalid comments like this:
+
+ -- MySQL dump 8.22
+ --
+ -- Host: localhost Database: database
+ ---------------------------------------------------------
+ -- Server version 3.23.54
+
+ The invalid part of the code is the horizontal line made of dashes
+ that appears once in every dump created with mysqldump. If you want to
+ run your dump you have to turn it into valid MySQL. This means, you
+ have to add a whitespace after the first to dashes of the line or add
+ a # before it:
+ -- -------------------------------------------------------
+ or
+ #---------------------------------------------------------
+
[4. ISPs, multi-user installations ]
-
+
[4.1] I'm an ISP. Can I setup one central copy of phpMyAdmin or do I
need to install it for each customer?
Since version 2.0.3, you can setup a central copy of phpMyAdmin for
@@ -1226,7 +1251,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
by NetCologne GmbH. This requires a properly setup MySQL user
management and phpMyAdmin http or cookie authentication. See the
install section on "Using http authentication".
-
+
[4.2] What's the preferred way of making phpMyAdmin secure against
evil access?
This depends on your system.
@@ -1242,13 +1267,13 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
the group under which Apache runs.
* You should use PHP safe mode, to protect from other users that try
to include your config.inc.php3 in their scripts.
-
+
[4.3] I get errors about not being able to include a file in /lang or
in /libraries.
Check php.ini, or ask your sysadmin to check it. The include_path must
contain "." somewhere in it, and open_basedir, if used, must contain
"." and "./lang" to allow normal operation of phpMyAdmin.
-
+
[4.4] phpMyAdmin always gives "Access denied" when using http
authentication.
This could happen for several reasons:
@@ -1258,13 +1283,13 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
* You have already setup a security mechanism for the
phpMyAdmin-directory, eg. a .htaccess file. This would interfere
with phpMyAdmin's authentication, so remove it.
-
+
[4.5] Is it possible to let users create their own databases?
Starting with 2.2.5, in the user management page, you can enter a
wildcard database name for a user, and put the privileges you want.
For example, adding SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP,
INDEX, ALTER would let a user create/manage his/her database(s).
-
+
[4.6] How can I use the Host-based authentication additions?
If you have existing rules from an old .htaccess file, you can take
them and add a username between the 'deny'/'allow' and 'from' strings.
@@ -1284,9 +1309,9 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
'allow root from 192.168.0.0/16',
'allow root from 172.16.0.0/12',
);
-
+
[5. Browsers or client OS]
-
+
[5.1] I get an out of memory error, and my controls are
non-functional, when trying to create a table with more than 14
fields.
@@ -1294,12 +1319,12 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
WinNT4 or Win2K, we could easily create more than 60 fields.
A workaround is to create a smaller number of fields, then come back
to your table properties and add the other fields.
-
+
[5.2] With Xitami 2.5b4, phpMyAdmin won't process form fields.
This is not a phpMyAdmin problem but a Xitami known bug: you'll face
it with each script/website that use forms.
Upgrade or downgrade your Xitami server.
-
+
[5.3] I have problems dumping tables with Konqueror (phpMyAdmin 2.2.2)
With Konqueror 2.1.1: plain dumps, zip and gzip dumps work ok, except
that the proposed file name for the dump is always 'tbl_dump.php'.
@@ -1308,7 +1333,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
user's temporary directory, so they must be moved before closing
Konqueror, or else they disappear. Gzip dumps give an error message.
Testing needs to be done for Konqueror 2.2.2.
-
+
[5.4] I can't use the cookie authentication mode because Internet
Explorer never stores the cookies.
MS Internet Explorer seems to be really buggy about cookies, at least
@@ -1316,11 +1341,11 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
4.1.1 bug in this area!
Then, if you're running php 4.1.1, try to upgrade or downgrade... it
may work!
-
+
[5.5] In Internet Explorer 5.0, I get Javascript errors when browsing
my rows.
Upgrade to at least Internet Explorer 5.5SP2.
-
+
[5.6] In Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 or 6.0, I get an error when trying
to modify a row in a table with many fields, or with a text field.
Your table neither have a primary key nor an unique one, so we must
@@ -1328,36 +1353,36 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
the URL in those browsers, and this not happen in Netscape, for
example. The workaround is to create a primary or unique key, or use
another browser.
-
+
[5.7] I refresh (reload) my browser, and come back to the welcome
page.
Some browsers support right-clicking into the frame you want to
refresh, just do this in the right frame.
-
+
[5.8] With Mozilla 0.9.7 I have problems sending a query modified in
the query box.
Looks like a Mozilla bug: 0.9.6 was ok. We will keep an eye on future
Mozilla versions.
-
+
[5.9] With Mozilla 0.9.? to 1.0 and Netscape 7.0-PR1 I can't type a
whitespace in the SQL-Query edit area: the page scrolls down.
This is a Mozilla bug (see bug #26882 at Bugzilla).
-
+
[5.10] With Netscape 4.75 I get empty rows between each row of data in
a CSV exported file.
This is a known Netscape 4.75 bug: it adds some line feeds when
exporting data in octet-stream mode. Since we can't detect the
specific Netscape version, we cannot workaround this bug.
-
+
[5.11] Extended-ASCII characters like German umlauts are displayed
wrong.
Please ensure that you have set your browser's charset to the one of
the language file you have selected on phpMyAdmin's start page.
Alternatively, you can try the auto detection mode that is supported
by the recent versions of the most browsers.
-
+
[6. Using phpMyAdmin]
-
+
[6.1] I can't insert new rows into a table / I can't create a table -
MySQL brings up a SQL-error.
Examine the SQL error with care. Often the problem is caused by
@@ -1365,22 +1390,22 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Common errors include:
* Using VARCHAR without a size argument
* Using TEXT or BLOB with a size argument
-
+
Also, look at the syntax chapter in the MySQL manual to confirm that
your syntax is correct.
-
+
[6.2] When I create a table, I click the Index checkbox for 2 fields
and phpMyAdmin generates only one index with those 2 fields.
In phpMyAdmin 2.2.0 and 2.2.1, this is the way to create a
multi-fields index. If you want two indexes, create the first one when
creating the table, save, then display the table properties and click
the Index link to create the other index.
-
+
[6.3] How can I insert a null value into my table?
Since version 2.2.3, you have a checkbox for each field that can be
null. Before 2.2.3, you had to enter "null", without the quotes, as
the field's value.
-
+
[6.4] How can I backup my database or table?
Click on a database or table name in the left frame, the properties
will be displayed. Then on the menu, click "Export", you can dump the
@@ -1392,7 +1417,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
$cfg['ExecTimeLimit'] configuration variable.
For additional help on this subject, look for the word "dump" in this
document.
-
+
[6.5] How can I restore (upload) my database or table using a dump?
How can I run a ".sql" file?
Click on a database name in the left frame, the properties will be
@@ -1400,7 +1425,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
dump filename, or use the Browse button. Then click Go.
For additional help on this subject, look for the word "upload" in
this document.
-
+
[6.6] How can I use the relation table in Query-by-example?
Here is an example with the tables persons, towns and countries, all
located in the database mydb. If you don't have a PMA_relation table,
@@ -1435,7 +1460,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
* on table "REL_towns" click Structure, then Relation view
* in "Choose field to display", choose "description"
* repeat the two previous steps for table "REL_countries"
-
+
Then test like this:
* Click on your db name in the left frame
* Choose "Query"
@@ -1448,12 +1473,12 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
* Click "Update query" and you will see in the query box that the
correct joins have been generated
* Click "Submit query"
-
+
[6.7] How can I use the "display field" feature?
Starting from the previous example, create the PMA_table_info as
explained in the configuration section, then browse your persons
table, and move the mouse over a town code or country code.
-
+
[6.8] How can I produce a PDF schema of my database?
First you have to fill the "relation", "table_coords" and "pdf_pages"
configuration variables.
@@ -1490,10 +1515,10 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
without an extension. Under Windows it is important to have the
extension ".pdf", under other OSes you should be fine just saving
the file under the name it offers).
-
+
[6.9] phpMyAdmin is changing the type of one of my columns!
No, it's MySQL that is doing silent column type changing.
-
+
[6.10] My database has an underscore in it's name, and when I grant
privileges to a user for this database, a backslash is added before
the underscore.
@@ -1504,10 +1529,10 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
instead of just john_db.
If you really want to grant using a wildcard, there is a dialog box "
Database (wildcards allowed)" for this.
-
+
[6.11] What is the curious symbol ø in the table statistics?
It means "average".
-
+
[6.12] I want to understand some Export options.
"Complete inserts" adds the column names on every INSERT command, for
better documentation (but resulting file is bigger).
@@ -1515,13 +1540,13 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
INSERT verb and the table name.
"Enclose table and field names with backquotes" ensures that field and
table names formed with special characters are protected.
-
+
[6.13] I would like to create a database with a dot in its name.
This is a bad idea, because in MySQL the syntax "database.table" is
the normal way to reference a database and table name. Worse, MySQL
will usually let you create a database with a dot, but then you cannot
work with it, nor delete it.
-
+
[6.14] How do I set up the SQL validator?
To use it, you need a very recent version of PHP, built with Overload,
XML and PEAR support. On your system command line, run "pear install
@@ -1533,7 +1558,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
service.
The overload module is crucial to the functionality of the validator
service.
-
+
[6.15] I want to add a BLOB field and put an index on it, but MySQL
says "BLOB column '...' used in key specification without a key
length".
@@ -1542,15 +1567,19 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
On this page, you will be able to choose your BLOB field, and set a
size to the index, which is the condition to create an index on a BLOB
field.
-
+
+ [6.16] How can I simply move in page with plenty editing fields?
+ You can use Ctrl+arrows for moving on most pages with plenty editing
+ fields (table structure changes, row editing, etc.).
+
[7. phpMyAdmin project]
-
+
[7.1] I have found a bug. How do I inform developers?
Our Bug Tracker is located at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ under the Bugs section.
But please first discuss your bug with other users:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ (and choose Forums)
-
+
[7.2] I want to translate the messages to a new language or upgrade an
existing language, where do I start?
Always use the current cvs version of your language file. For a new
@@ -1564,7 +1593,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
It would be a good idea to subscribe to the phpmyadmin-translators
mailing list, because this is where we ask for translations of new
messages.
-
+
[7.3] I would like to help out with the development of phpMyAdmin. How
should I proceed?
The following method is preferred for new developers:
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* add your stuff
* put the modified files (tar'ed and gzip'ed) inside the patch
tracker of the phpMyAdmin SourceForge account.
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Write access to the CVS tree is granted only to experienced developers
who have already contributed something useful to phpMyAdmin.
Also, have a look at the Developers section.
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Developers Information
phpMyAdmin is Open Source, so you're invited to contribute to it. Many
great features have been written by other people and you too can help
to make phpMyAdmin a useful tool.
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If you're planning to contribute source, please read the following
information:
* All files include header.inc.php3 (layout),
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compliant on one hand, they fit PEAR coding standards on the other
hand. Please pay attention to this.
* Please try to keep up the file-naming conventions. Table-related
- stuff goes to tbl_*.php3, db-related code to db_*.php3 and so on.
+ stuff goes to tbl_*.php3, db-related code to db_*.php3,
+ server-related tools to server_*.php3 and so on.
* Please don't use verbose strings in your code, instead add the
string (at least) to english-iso-8859-1.inc.php3 and print() it
out.
* If you want to be really helpful, write an entry for the
ChangeLog.
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IMPORTANT: With 1.4.1, development has switched to CVS. The following
method is preferred for new developers:
* fetch the current CVS tree over anonymous CVS:
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* put the modified files (tar'ed and gzip'ed) inside the patch
tracker of the phpMyAdmin SourceForge account
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/)
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Write access to the CVS tree is granted only to developers who have
already contributed something useful to phpMyAdmin. If you're
interested in that, please contact us using the phpmyadmin-devel
mailing list.
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Credits
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Bora Alioglu, Ricardo ?, Sven-Erik Andersen, Alessandro Astarita,
Péter Bakondy, Borges Botelho, Olivier Bussier, Neil Darlow,
-Ian Davidson, Laurent Dhima, Kristof Hamann, Thomas Kläger, Lubos Klokner,
-Martin Marconcini, Girish Nair, David Nordenberg, Andreas Pauley,
+Mats Engstrom, Ian Davidson, Laurent Dhima, Kristof Hamann, Thomas Kläger,
+Lubos Klokner, Martin Marconcini, Girish Nair, David Nordenberg, Andreas Pauley
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Bernard M. Piller, Laurent Haas, "Sakamoto", Yuval Sarna,
www.securereality.com.au, Alvar Soome, Siu Sun, Peter Svec, Michael Tacelosky,
Rachim Tamsjadi, Kositer Uros, Luís V., Martijn W. van der Lee,
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And thanks to everyone else who sent me email with suggestions, bug-reports
and or just some feedback.
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