Re: ANNOUNCE: MySQL 5.0 now final/stable/GA
- From: denials@xxxxxxxxx (Dan Scott)
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 05:52:21 -0400
Hi Darren:
I think an update about the recommended minimum database version
levels for your access modules is on-topic for this mailing list, but
suspect that product advertisements are probably off-topic -- personal
opinion, maybe, but I don't want to see this list become a dumping
ground for the latest releases and associated features of Oracle,
Postgres, Informix IDS, DB2, SQL Server, etc.
Dan
On 10/24/05, Darren Duncan <darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For those of you that use MySQL, this should be
> welcome news, that version 5.0.x is now
> officially stable, at 5.0.15.
>
> Speaking just personally, the recommended minimum
> versions of certain database products to use with
> my upcoming rewritten database access modules are
> the following; they are all stable, and what I
> will be testing with:
>
> - SQLite 3.x (3.2.7+)
> - MySQL 5.x (5.0.15+)
> - PostgreSQL 8.x (8.0.4+)
>
> I will also support several previous major
> versions of all 3, but at lower priority, based
> on user demand, partly to assist with upwards
> migrations.
>
> -- Darren Duncan
>
> -------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:40:43 +0300
> From: Kaj Arnö <kaj@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Announcing MySQL 5.0
>
> Dear user of MySQL,
>
> It is my pleasure to announce the production release of MySQL 5.0, which
> is hereby GA (Generally Available). Since my announcement of the Release
> Candidate less than a month ago, no bugs have been reported that require
> a second Release Candidate. This, combined with the feedback from over
> two million downloads of MySQL 5.0 during its beta phase, give us the
> confidence to give MySQL 5.0 the status of Current Production Release, or GA.
>
> In the Release Candidate announcement less than a
> month ago, I described MySQL 5.0 as "the most
> important release in MySQL's history", and that
> is certainly the case. Thus, I encourage you all
> to:
>
> - get your own copy at
> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html
>
> - do all of your new database development using MySQL 5.0
>
> - upgrade your current MySQL environments to MySQL 5.0, as soon as
> you've properly verified your production applications against it
> (be sure to take a full backup of your data before upgrading, study
> the relevant documentation, and if you have a MySQL Network support
> contract, consult first with the MySQL Support Team)
>
> Let me also underline that we continue to offer some earlier versions of
> MySQL Server for download. However, you should expect maintenance
> releases for earlier versions only in limited form:
>
> - for MySQL 4.1, only when serious bugs affecting significant user
> groups are reported
>
> - for MySQL 4.0, only when security bugs are reported
>
> MySQL 5.0 is the most ambitious release to date for MySQL AB. We have
> added functionality that our users have requested from us over many
> years. However, everything we do at MySQL centers around our three
> priorities of Performance, Reliability, and Ease of Use. MySQL 5.0 is
> certainly true to these company-wide values.
>
> Key new features of MySQL 5.0 come in three groups:
>
> a) ANSI SQL standard features formerly unknown to MySQL
>
> b) ANSI SQL standard compliance of existing MySQL features
>
> c) New MySQL Storage Engines, Tools and Extensions
>
> The new ANSI SQL features include:
>
> - Views (both read-only and updatable views)
>
> - Stored Procedures and Stored Functions, using the SQL:2003 syntax,
> which is also used by IBM's DB2
>
> - Triggers (row-level)
>
> - Server-side cursors (read-only, non-scrolling)
>
> Implementing ANSI SQL standard ways of using existing MySQL features
> means there will be fewer unpleasant surprises ("gotchas") for those
> migrating to MySQL from other database systems:
>
> - Strict Mode: MySQL 5.0 adds a mode that complies with standard SQL
> in a number of areas in which earlier versions did not; we now do
> strict data type checking and issue errors for all invalid dates,
> numbers and strings as expected
>
> - INFORMATION_SCHEMA: An ANSI SQL-compliant set of tables that
> provide database metadata, in parallel with the MySQL-specific
> SHOW commands
>
> - Precision Math: A new library for fixed-point arithmetic, giving
> high accuracy for financial and mathematical operations
>
> - VARCHAR Data Type: The maximum effective length of a VARCHAR column
> has increased to 65,532 bytes; also, stripping of trailing whitespace
> no longer occurs
>
> New MySQL Storage Engines, Tools and Extensions are:
>
> - XA Distributed Transactions
>
> - ARCHIVE Storage Engine for storing large amounts of data without
> indexes in a very small footprint, intended for historical data that
> may be needed for future audit compliance (Sarbanes Oxley or
> otherwise)
>
> - FEDERATED Storage Engine for accessing data ín tables of remote
> databases rather than in local tables (only in MAX version)
>
> - Instance Manager: a tool to start and stop MySQL Server, even remotely
>
> To find out more details on what's new in MySQL 5.0, follow the pointers
> from http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysql-5-0-nutshell.html
>
> To find out the changes specific to MySQL 5.0.15 in relation to 5.0.13
> (the release candidate), see the two files
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/news-5-0-14.html
> and http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/news-5-0-15.html (5.0.14 was not
> released publicly).
>
> MySQL 5.0 is also reflected in our GUI tools and Connectors:
>
> MySQL Administrator 1.1.4 and MySQL Query Browser 1.1.17 are aware of
> the new MySQL 5.0 features. They can be used to write and test stored
> procedures, create views, include them in scheduled backups and much more..
>
> The latest shipping versions of our Connectors work with MySQL 5.0, and
> all connectors (MySQL Connector/ODBC, Connector/J and Connector/NET)
> support all MySQL 5.0 flagship features.
>
> Of course, we recognize that any piece of software contains bugs. We
> continue to need your involvement to ensure that MySQL 5.0 is the best
> that it possibly can be. Should you find any issues in MySQL 5.0, report
> them through our bug-reporting system at http://bugs.mysql.com/ and we
> will improve upon MySQL 5.0 in upcoming maintenance releases.
>
> The MySQL team looks forward to your input
>
> - in our MySQL Forums at http://forums.mysql.com/
> - in the bug database at http://bugs.mysql.com/
> - in our mailing lists at http://lists.mysql.com/
> - in the PlanetMySQL blog aggregation via
> http://www.planetmysql.org/newfeed.php
> - in the User Comments of our manual at
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/index.html
> (specifically for Documentation comments)
> - and in the form of downloads from
> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html
>
> MySQL 5.0 is available now. Go download it, install it, and take benefit
> from its many new features.
>
> And do keep us informed on how MySQL can help support you!
>
> Kaj Arnö
> VP Community Relations
> MySQL AB
>
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