Download phpMyAdmin 2.6.2 beta 1

The developers of phpMyAdmin have released a first beta version of version 2.6.2 with which a lot of improvements can be found. This program consists of a collection of PHP scripts that allow to maintain and manage a MySQL database via a web interface. The release notes look like this:

Improvements:

• MySQL 4.1.x native column comments
• MySQL 5.0: Basic detection mechanism for views:
  • Views are no longer displayed as tables in use
  • Ability to drop views
• MySQL 5.0: Interface fixes and hardcoded virtual relations for information_schema
• MySQL 4.1: Better automatic detection for available storage engines
• New storage engines overview page
  • Plugin-like infrastructure for storage engine status monitors
  • Overview of startup variables and current values
  • MySQL 5.0 / InnoDB: Buffer pool activity monitor
• MySQL 4.1.2+ TIMESTAMP options: initial support when editing table structure
• Export: Native Microsoft Word 2000 and Excel 2000 formats
• PDF schema visual editor: column names now optional
• MySQL 5.0.3 new Japanese charsets support (cp932, eucjpms)
• Parser: added missing date and time MySQL functions
• Documentation: explain all Export options handling
• Cookie paths: added / to end of path
• Show database comments at more places
• Better use of print styles in themes
• Bookmarks: sort by label, remove the number before each label
• Better protection against possible collation conflicts and out-of-sync errors in PMADB queries
• Relation view: removed pmadb-style comments handling (now available just on the Structure page)
• FAQ about using HTTP authentication under IIS
• New editions for some language files (especially ISO-8859-15)

Fixes:

• Detection of SELECT query to display on multiple submits
• PDF schema: missing header
• A failed connection was not properly detected
• Problem with Japanese language under MySQL 4.1.x
• Export
  • Various errors under mysqli extension
  • SQL format under Safari browser
  • Do not offer export modes not available in current MySQL version
• Changing the type of a FLOAT unsigned column
• Adding field with collation
• Calendar popup and TIMESTAMP field under MySQL 4.1.x
• PHP 4.1.x: wrong parameter count (mcrypt.lib.php)
• Problem when SHOW DATABASES is disabled
• Copy table: commands out of sync
• User management
  • Host not changing with editing user
  • Escaping character removed by error
• MySQL 5.0.x: “No database selected” error
• Print view: displaying of indexes
• Cookie auth: error when blowfish_secret is empty
• MySQL 4.1.2: “Reload MySQL” link not seen
• MySQL 5 server binlog compatibility
• PDF pages generation: wrong documentation
• Inserted row id was not always correctly reported

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