Software update: MySQL 3.23.25

A new beta is out MySQL†

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Download here the Linux version and get with this link the Windows version.

New features/bug fixes are as follows:

• Fixed that databasename works as second argument to mysqlhotcopy. UMASK and UMASK_DIR can now be specified in octal.
• Added RIGHT JOIN. This makes RIGHT a reserved word.
• Added @@IDENTITY as a synonym for LAST_INSERT_ID(). (for Visual Basic)
• Fixed bug in myisamchk and REPAIR when using FULLTEXT index.
• LOAD DATA INFILE now works for FIFOs. (Patch by Toni L. Harbaugh-Blackford).
• FLUSH LOGS broke replication if one had log-bin with a log with explicit extension
• Fixed a bug in MyISAM with packed multi-part keys.
• Fixed crash when using CHECK TABLE on Windows.
• Fixed a bug where FULLTEXT index always used the koi8_ukr character set.
• Fixed privilege checking for CHECK TABLE.
• The MyISAM repair/reindex code didn’t use the –tempdir option for it’s temporary files.
• Added BACKUP TABLE/RESTORE TABLE.
• Fixed core dump on CHANGE MASTER TO when the slave did not have the master to start with.
• Fixed incorrect Time in the processlist for Connect of the slave thread.
• The slave now logs when it connects to the master.