2.5.0

phpMyAdmin 2.5.0

Released 2003-11-05.

MySQL 4.1 note

phpMyAdmin 2.5.0 is not ready for MySQL 4.1.

About future versions

The versions after 2.5.x will have those requirements: PHP >= 4.1.0 and MySQL >= 3.23.32.

Improvements

distinct Query window
field contents MIME transformations (inline resized images, links, external programs, etc)
display column comments in exports
automatic update of relations, display fields, comments, bookmarks, etc after table/column changes
new display mode with 90 degree rotated headers
display query time
js row marker now works in vertical mode
SQL history: db- or not-db-based
optional vertical display of the columns in edit mode
optional lightweight menu tabs
InnoDB status monitor
print button in db view
new export page with dynamic options
better security for docSQL importer
in edit mode, display first the functions that match field type
parameters for bookmarks queries
support for changing auto-increment value
default initial query in browse mode, based on a bookmark with the same name as the table
execute bookmarks when browsing bookmarks table
if available, display Create/Update/Check_time
in browse mode, highlight the fields used in the WHERE condition for the query
automatic layout of the PDF schema
choose results page in browse mode
automatic detection of compression for uploaded data
CHECK TABLE/ANALYZE TABLE for multisubmit actions
support for SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST
can now insert multiple fields at cursor position in the query textarea
can now choose all segments of a key (relations)

Fixes

could not insert some words like "$enum$"
bad URL (extra /) for generated PDFs
double password query with http auth
check privileges only shows root user
display SQL query used for an index modification
pdf schema headers footers for long pages
export results and LIMIT
inserting values with quotes
$cfg["PmaAbsoluteUri"] autodetection and CGI mode
escaping of \n, \r and \t characters
handling of disabled :php:ini_get()
go back to fields definition form after an error
support XOR in the parser
check for field type when doing charset conversion
support for HTML entities as db/table/column names
avoid long delays when browsing big tables (MySQL 4)
support for host-based privileges
bad arrow aligning on PDF schema in "same widths" mode
faster record count
"undefined index" error in the data dictionary when using MySQL 3.22 or below
the privileges administration script did not work well with host-based DB privileges
having added a new user, the corresponding SQL query was not displayed
better "superuser" checking mechanism
"wrong parameter count" error when connecting with some strangely compiled PHP versions
replaced the %e placeholder in the date format string of some translations because it did not have any effect on Windows machines.
unaligned column headers
MONTH() and YEAR() not displayed as functions
error on "Skip Explain SQL"
bad Edit link on tables without primary key but with BLOB
now we export BLOBs hex quoted
better check for superuser in MySQL 4
syntax error SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE...
highlight fields crossing db borders
FULLTEXT index type not shown in drop-down
disable CSV export for multiple tables

Version compatible with PHP 4+ and MySQL 3+.

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