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                                 http://phpmyadmin.net

phpMyAdmin 2.3.0 - 11. August 2002
================================

  A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the WWW.
  -----------------------------------------

Announcement
------------

   After 12 months of work and 4 release candidate versions,
   the phpMyAdmin developers are pleased to announce the availability
   of phpMyAdmin 2.3.0.

   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!

   phpMyAdmin 2.3.0 includes the following highlights:


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

  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

  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 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
----------

  * ...

  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.


Description
-----------

phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the WWW.
    Currently it can:
      - create and drop databases
      - create, copy, drop and alter tables
      - 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 and import CSV data
      - support single- and multi-user configuration
      - communicate in more than 41 different languages


Author & Copyright
------------------

    Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias.ratschiller_at_maguma.com>
    Copyright (C) 2001-     Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
                            Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
                            Loïc Chapeaux <lolo_at_phpHeaven.net>
                            Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
                            Armel Fauveau <armel.fauveau_at_globalis-ms.com>
                            Geert Lund <glund_at_silversoft.dk>
                            Korakot Chaovavanich <korakot_at_iname.com>
                            Pete Kelly <webmaster_at_trafficg.com>
                            Steve Alberty <alberty_at_neptunlabs.de>
                            Benjamin Gandon <gandon_at_isia.cma.fr>
                            Alexander M. Turek <rabus_at_users.sourceforge.net>
                            Mike Beck <mikebeck_at_users.sourceforge.net>
                            + many other people (check the CREDITS file)

    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



EOF -- Olivier Müller / 2002.08.11

