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- Introduction
- ------------
-
- This is a beta version of the new MySQLGUI version 1.7
-
- This release has few new features, of which one is very important,
- and it also contains few minor bug fixes.
-
- What follows is short instructions for building it under Unix.
-
- You can also read INSTALL.TXT on the subject. README contains few
- instructions on installation of binary versions.
-
- Building MySQLGUI 1.7
- ---------------------
-
- In short, building this version requires fltk lib, fl_editor, mysql++, Flvw
- widgets, mysqlgui sources and development tools and libs.
-
- Building of mysqlgui is now possible only under Unix versions.
-
- FLTK should be minimum 1.0.7, standard version from www.fltk.org
- fl_editor, should be a special version, built just for mysqlgui and
- available from the same URL, as mysqlgui:
-
- http://www.mysql.com/download_clients.html
-
- If you already have FLTK installed, if it is version 1.0.1, you do not need
- to upgrade to more recent version, although it is recommended as there are
- numerous bug fixes.
-
- You require mysql++ lib and include files, OBLIGATORY version 1.7
- , available at www.mysql.com/mysql++. Read README in that lib for compilation
- instruction.
-
- Mysql++ is available from:
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- http://www.mysql.com/download_mysql++.html
-
-
- You also require flvw widgets, made by Larry Charlton and available from
- either:
-
- http://flvw.sourceforge.net
-
- OR
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- http://fwidget.netpedia.net
-
- After you build a lib, just copy it to mysqlgui directory. Flvw Include
- files are already in FL/ subdirectory of mysqlgui source directory, so there
- is no need to copy them too.
-
- Regarding configuring for mysqlgui, there are minor changes, just follow
- the instructions on creating [client_fltk] entries in /etc/my.cnf or
- my.cnf or c:\my.cnf under Win32. In all distributions of MySQLGUI
- there is always an example of my.cnf file. As from this version, if
- client_file is not specified under [client_fltk], then some defaults are
- assumed. If help_file is not specified under same header, then viewing of
- the help file will be disabled.
-
- New features
- ------------
-
-
- - As from version 1.7, mysqlgui can accomodate result sets / table of any
- size, limited by MySQL server, operating and file system only. This is
- enabled with `memory save' option. However , if result set is large,
- this option is enabled automatically by mysqlgui. In that mode,
- mysqlgui can accomodate result sets of any size, while waisting
- relatively modest amount of virtual memory. As mysqlgui can open many
- windows, dialogues and spreadsheets, so user can view simultaneously as
- many result sets as necessary.
-
- - In process dialogue, if mysqlgui detects server version 3.23.07 or
- above, full processlist is run, to enable viewing of entire query string
-
- - Font searching in options dialogue should be faster on all systems
-
- - If not specified path for options file is assumed
-
-
-
- Beside new features, there are numerous bug fixes, of which most important
- ones are bugs fixed in exception handling in administrative functins.
-
-
- Larnaka, May 17 2000
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