Software Update: phpMyAdmin 2.5.2

The management program phpMyAdmin for MySQL databases is provided with version 2.5.2. The key points compared to the release candidates have not changed, of course there are in the changelog a lot of adjustments. The release notes let us know the following:

Improvements:

• Preserve edited contents of the query window
• Uploading of SQL when no database selected
• Optional server list drop down in left frame
• “Options” tab merged into “Operations”
• PDF report: paper size selection
• $cfg[‘LimitChars’] now limits all non-numeric fields
• MySQL 4.1 support: table and field charsets
• Better Export functionality, including export for big tables
• Partial support for InnoDB foreign keys: PDF report, Select tab, results display
• Visual editor (scratchboard) for PDF schema
• Export any query in CSV, LaTeX, XML
• Warning for missing length on VARCHAR
• Export: checkbox for AUTO_INCREMENT value
• Gzip output buffer: auto-detection and set to FALSE for IE 6.x
• Display CREATE DATABASE query

Fixes:

• MySQL 4.1 related fixes:
  • User was unable to edit column privileges
  • The table structure page sometimes displayed “Array” in the charset column
  • When altering the field type, the input box for the field length sometimes had a strange default value
  • Erroneous export of timestamp fields
  • Incorrect row count for subqueries
  • Errors when inserting ENUM / SET values
• Now use TRUNCATE with MySQL 4 when emptying multiple tables
• Various HTML pretty printer problems
• Bad display or parser bug report
• docSQL and filename disclosure
• Row count and DISTINCT
• GD2 autodetection
• Cookie: encrypt password (blowfish)
• Wrong field names when exporting query results
• Support for PROCEDURE ANALYSIS
• Security fix against bad JS code
• Proper escaping in inline images
• Safari detection and proper fonts
• PDF schema and hardcoded A4 scaling
• Incorrect row count for UNION
• Better behavior when phpMyAdmin is within a frameset
• Backslashes in username or password
• Query statistics: percentages were wrong
• Checks to avoid path disclosures
• Do not display “Check referential integrity” for InnoDB tables.

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