From 789d3a4131c9af4cd22c8a1d4104eaa5e87aae25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Delisle Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 07:08:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Withdraw or edit FAQ entries related to older MySQL or PHP --- ChangeLog | 1 + Documentation.html | 57 +++++++++++----------------------------------- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 502463da0..20ebbca5e 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyA - patch #3039269 [dbi] Wrong variable checked for nopassword option, thanks to Will Palmer - wpalmer - bug #3040226 [XHTML] LockFromUpdate checkbox not checked by default +- bug [doc] Withdraw or edit FAQ entries related to older MySQL or PHP 3.3.5.0 (2010-07-26) - patch #2932113 [information_schema] Slow export when having lots of diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html index 8d001e23b..2391afb0a 100644 --- a/Documentation.html +++ b/Documentation.html @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ rm -rf config # remove not needed directory is version-specific.

If you have upgraded your MySQL server from a version previous to 4.1.2 to - version 4.1.2 or newer and if you use the pmadb/linked table infrastructure, + version 5.x or newer and if you use the pmadb/linked table infrastructure, you should run the SQL script found in scripts/upgrade_tables_mysql_4_1_2+.sql.

@@ -380,8 +380,7 @@ rm -rf config # remove not needed directory where you want to give users access to their own database and don't want them to play around with others.
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!
+ about cookies, at least till version 6.
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. @@ -2573,18 +2572,14 @@ setfacl -d -m "g:www-data:rwx" tmp

Server

- 1.1 I'm running PHP 4+ and my server is crashing each time a specific + 1.1 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?

-

There are some known PHP bugs with output buffering and compression.
- Try to set the $cfg['OBGzip'] +

Try to set the $cfg['OBGzip'] directive to FALSE in your config.inc.php file and the zlib.output_compression directive to Off in your php - configuration file.
- Furthermore, we know about such problems connected to the release - 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.

+ configuration file.

1.2 My Apache server crashes when using phpMyAdmin.

@@ -2597,14 +2592,7 @@ setfacl -d -m "g:www-data:rwx" tmp 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.

+ 1.3 (withdrawn).

1.4 Using phpMyAdmin on @@ -2647,11 +2635,8 @@ setfacl -d -m "g:www-data:rwx" tmp

These features are based on the gzencode() and bzcompress() PHP functions to be more independent of the platform (Unix/Windows, Safe Mode - or not, and so on). So, you must have PHP4 >= 4.0.4 and Zlib/Bzip2 - support (--with-zlib and --with-bz2).
- 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.

+ or not, and so on). So, you must have Zlib/Bzip2 + support (--with-zlib and --with-bz2).

1.8 I cannot insert a text file in a table, and I get @@ -2820,15 +2805,7 @@ setfacl -d -m "g:www-data:rwx" tmp

- 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.

+ 1.18 (withdrawn).

1.19 I can't run the "display relations" feature because the @@ -2884,11 +2861,7 @@ setfacl -d -m "g:www-data:rwx" tmp 
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. -

+ 1.24 (withdrawn).

1.25 I am running Apache with mod_gzip-1.3.26.1a on Windows XP, @@ -3702,11 +3675,7 @@ $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] = array(

MS Internet Explorer seems to be really buggy about cookies, at least till - version 6. And thanks to Andrew Zivolup we've traced also a PHP 4.1.1 bug - in this area! -
- Then, if you're running PHP 4.1.1, try to upgrade or downgrade... it may - work! + version 6.

@@ -4222,11 +4191,11 @@ INSERT INTO REL_towns VALUES ('M', 'Montréal');

- 6.20 In MySQL 4, I see a lot of databases which are not mine, and cannot + 6.20 I see a lot of databases which are not mine, and cannot access them.

-

Upgrading to MySQL 4 usually gives users those global privileges: CREATE +

You have one of these global privileges: CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, SHOW DATABASES, LOCK TABLES. Those privileges also enable users to see all the database names. See this bug report.