Software Update: phpMyAdmin 2.6.3-rc1

Using phpMyAdmin, a MySQL database can be maintained via a web browser. Not only is it possible to create databases and tables, but they can also be dropped and modified. Not too long ago, the first version of the 2.6.3 branch appeared. This release has been given version number 2.6.3-rc1 and can be used as zip† tarball and bzip2 file be downloaded. phpMyAdmin 2.6.3-rc1 features the following changes:

Improvements:

• Privileges: Always display the “Add a new user” link
• New script to upgrade a phpMyAdmin installation
• Database view: add a Privileges tab
• Privileges: add a back link to the db on which we are checking privileges
• “Hand” pointer on mouseover and mousedown
• Password generator when creating/editing user account
• Optional database creation before database copy
• New languages: mongolian, tatarish

Fixes:

• Respect the db order given in only_db
• Escaping of apostrophe in generated PHP code
• Better handling of reserved words in queries
• Detection of NULL fields under MySQL 5.0.x
• Order by count
• Bookmark copying during table/db copy
• Avoid double compression of exports when zlib.output_compression is On
• Setting collation for a field
• Js error when two queries submitted at once
• Adding fields: table collation forgotten
• Print view: missing header for multi tables
• Comment at the end of query was applied as well to appended LIMIT
• Searching on a VARBINARY field
• Themes: spelling error on a font name
• NULL detection on TIMESTAMPs
• Diacritics wrongly converted
• Changing table type under MySQL 5.0.4
• Left panel update after manual table rename
• Query frame update after database copy
• Left panel number of rows not updated after emptying table
• Invalid SQL when creating a table with zero fields
• Missing backquotes on the Browse feature in case of duplicate entry
• Exporting the results of a query containing “limit” clause

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