-
The source distribution is done with
configure and Automake.
It will make porting much easier. The readline library is included
in the distribution.
-
Separate client compilation:@:
the client code should be very easy to compile on systems which
don't have threads.
-
The old Perl interface code is automatically compiled and installed.
Automatic compiling of
DBD will follow when the new DBD code
is ported.
-
Dynamic language support:@:
mysqld can now be started with Swedish
or English (default) error messages.
-
New functions:@:
INSERT(), RTRIM(), LTRIM() and
FORMAT().
-
mysqldump now works correctly for all field types (even
AUTO_INCREMENT). The format for SHOW FIELDS FROM nom_table is changed
so the Type column contains information suitable for CREATE TABLE.
In previous releases, some CREATE TABLE information had to be patched
when recreating tables.
-
Some parser bugs from 3.19.5 (
BLOB and TIMESTAMP) are corrected.
TIMESTAMP now returns different date information depending on its
create length.
-
Changed parser to allow a database, table or field name to
start with a number or
'_'.
-
All old C code from Unireg changed to C++ and cleaned up. This makes
the daemon a little smaller and easier to understand.
-
A lot of small bug fixes done.
-
New INSTALL files (not final version) and some info regarding porting.