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manual.texi Fixups for recent change notes. 

manual.texi	Changed instance of "data is" to "data are" (the
manual.texi	manual generally treats data as a plural word).
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@@ -2627,7 +2627,7 @@ sorry. After all, it should be easier for you to provide an example that 
uses your actual situation and it is by all means better for us.  In case you

have data you don't want to show to others, you can use @code{ftp} to

transfer it to @uref{ftp://support.mysql.com/pub/mysql/secret/}.  If the data

is really top secret and you don't want to show them even to us, then go ahead

are really top secret and you don't want to show them even to us, then go ahead

and provide an example using other names, but please regard this as the last

choice.










@@ -35880,15 +35880,16 @@ though, so 3.23 is not released as a stable version yet.













@appendixsubsec Changes in release 3.23.24















@itemize @bullet















@item













Added mysqld variable @code{created_tmp_disk_tables}.













Added @code{mysqld} variable @code{created_tmp_disk_tables}.















@item













To make it possibly to reliable dump and restore tables with













@code{TIMESTAMP(X)} columns, @strong{MySQL} now reports columns with X













To make it possible to reliably dump and restore tables with













@code{TIMESTAMP(X)} columns, @strong{MySQL} now reports columns with @code{X}















other than 14 or 8 to be strings.















@item













Changed sort order for latin1 as it was before 3.23.22.  Any table with













@code{CHAR} columns that may have characters > ASCII 128 created or













modified with 3.23.22 must be repaired!













Changed sort order for latin1 as it was before @strong{MySQL} 3.23.22.













Any table with @code{CHAR} columns that may have characters with ASCII













values greater than 128 that was created or modified with 3.23.22 must













be repaired!















@item















Fixed small memory leak introduced from 3.23.22 when creating a















temporary table.









@@ -35903,35 +35904,36 @@ Restored the win1251 character set (it's now only marked deprecated).













@itemize @bullet















@item















Changed sort order for 'German';  All tables created with 'German' sortorder













must be repaired with @code{REPAIR TABLE} or myisamchk before use!













must be repaired with @code{REPAIR TABLE} or @code{myisamchk} before use!















@item















Added option @code{--core-file} to @code{mysqld} to get a core file on













Linux if mysqld dies on the SIGSEGV signal.













Linux if @code{mysqld} dies on the SIGSEGV signal.















@item













@strong{MySQL} client 'mysql' now starts with option --no-named-commands













(-g) by default. This option can be disabled with --enable-named-commands













(-G). This may cause incompatibility problems in some cases, for example













in SQL scripts that use named commands without a semicolon, etc. !













Long format commands still work from the first line.













@strong{MySQL} client @code{mysql} now starts with option













@code{--no-named-commands} (@code{-g}) by default. This option can be













disabled with @code{--enable-named-commands} (@code{-G}). This may cause













incompatibility problems in some cases, for example, in SQL scripts that













use named commands without a semicolon, etc. !  Long format commands













still work from the first line.















@item













Fixed a problem when using many pending @code{DROP TABLE} statement at













Fixed a problem when using many pending @code{DROP TABLE} statements at















the same time.















@item















Optimizer didn't use keys properly when using @code{LEFT JOIN} on an















empty table.















@item













Added shorter help text when invoking @code{mysqld} with wrong options.













Added shorter help text when invoking @code{mysqld} with incorrect options.















@item













Fixed not fatal @code{free()} bug in mysqlimport.













Fixed non-fatal @code{free()} bug in @code{mysqlimport}.















@item















Fixed bug in @code{MyISAM} index handling of















@code{DECIMAL}/@code{NUMERIC} keys.















@item













Fixed a bug in concurrent insert in @code{MyISAM} tables; In some context













Fixed a bug in concurrent insert in @code{MyISAM} tables; In some contexts,















usage of @code{MIN(key_part)} or @code{MAX(key_part)} returned an empty set.















@item













Updated mysqlhotcopy to use the new @code{FLUSH TABLES table_list} syntax. Only













tables which are being backed up are flushed now.













Updated @code{mysqlhotcopy} to use the new @code{FLUSH TABLES table_list}













syntax. Only tables which are being backed up are flushed now.















@item















Changed behavior of @code{--enable-thread-safe-client} so















that both non-threaded (@code{-lmysqlclient}) and threaded









@@ -35941,7 +35943,7 @@ against a threaded @code{-lmysqlclient} will need to link against













@item















Added atomic @code{RENAME} command.















@item













Don't count entries with @code{NULL} in @code{COUNT(DISTINCT ..)}.













Don't count entries with @code{NULL} in @code{COUNT(DISTINCT ...)}.















@item















Changed @code{ALTER TABLE}, @code{LOAD DATA INFILE} on empty tables and















@code{INSERT ... SELECT...} on empty tables to create non-unique indexes









@@ -35965,16 +35967,16 @@ that don't have the @code{pthread_rwlock_rdlock} code.













When deleting rows with a non-unique key in a HEAP table, all rows weren't















always deleted.















@item













Fixed bug in range optimizer for HEAP tables when one did search on part index.













Fixed bug in range optimizer for HEAP tables for searches on a part index.















@item















Fixed that @code{SELECT} on part keys works with BDB tables.















@item













Fixed that @code{INSERT INTO bdb_table  ... SELECT} works with BDB tables.













Fixed @code{INSERT INTO bdb_table  ... SELECT} to work with BDB tables.















@item













Check table now updates key statistics for the table.













@code{CHECK TABLE} now updates key statistics for the table.















@item















@code{ANALYZE TABLE} will now only update tables that have been changed













since last @code{ANALYZE}. Note that this is a new feature and tables













since thee last @code{ANALYZE}. Note that this is a new feature and tables















will not be marked to be analyzed until they are updated in any way with















3.23.23 or newer.  For older tables, you have to do @code{CHECK TABLE}















to update the key distribution.









@@ -35982,7 +35984,7 @@ to update the key distribution.













Fixed some minor privilege problems with @code{CHECK}, @code{ANALYZE},















@code{REPAIR} and @code{SHOW CREATE} commands.















@item













Added @code{CHANGE MASTER TO} command













Added @code{CHANGE MASTER TO} command.















@item















Added @code{FAST}, @code{QUICK} @code{EXTENDED} check types to















@code{CHECK TABLES}.









@@ -35991,16 +35993,18 @@ Changed @code{myisamchk} so that @code{--fast} and













@code{--check-changed-tables} are also honored with @code{--sort-index} and















@code{--analyze}.















@item













Fixed fatal bug in @code{LOAD TABLE FROM MASTER} that did not lock the table during index re-build













Fixed fatal bug in @code{LOAD TABLE FROM MASTER} that did not lock the













table during index re-build.















@item













@code{LOAD DATA INFILE} broke replication if the database was excluded from replication













@code{LOAD DATA INFILE} broke replication if the database was excluded













from replication.















@item













More variables in @code{SHOW SLAVE STATUS} and @code{SHOW MASTER STATUS}













More variables in @code{SHOW SLAVE STATUS} and @code{SHOW MASTER STATUS}.















@item













@code{SLAVE STOP} now will not return until the slave thread actually exits













@code{SLAVE STOP} now will not return until the slave thread actually exits.















@item















Full text search via the @code{MATCH} function and @code{FULLTEXT} index type.













(For MyISAM files).  This made @code{FULLTEXT} is reserved word.













(For MyISAM files).  This makes @code{FULLTEXT} a reserved word.















@end itemize





























@node News-3.23.22, News-3.23.21, News-3.23.23, News-3.23.x









@@ -36017,8 +36021,8 @@ The log generated by @code{--slow-query-log} didn't contain the whole queries.













Fixed that open transactions in BDB tables are rolled back if the















connection is closed unexpectedly.















@item













Added workaround for a bug in gcc 2.96 (intel) and gcc 2.9 (Ia64) in













gen_lex_hash.c.













Added workaround for a bug in @code{gcc} 2.96 (intel) and @code{gcc} 2.9













(Ia64) in @code{gen_lex_hash.c}.















@item















Fixed memory leak in the client library when using @code{host=..} in the















@code{my.cnf} file.









@@ -36033,7 +36037,7 @@ Changed the meaning of @code{-F, --fast} for @code{myisamchk}. Added option













@item















Added @code{ANALYZE table_name} to update key statistics for tables.















@item













Changed binary items @code{0x...} to be default regarded as an integer.













Changed binary items @code{0x...} to be regarded as integers by default.















@item















Fix for SCO and @code{SHOW PROCESSLIST}.















@item









@@ -36042,14 +36046,15 @@ Added @code{auto-rehash} on reconnect for the @code{mysql} client.













Fixed a newly introduced bug in @code{MyISAM}, where the index file couldn't















get bigger than 64M.















@item













Added @code{SHOW MASTER STATUS} and @code{SHOW SLAVE STATUS}













Added @code{SHOW MASTER STATUS} and @code{SHOW SLAVE STATUS}.















@end itemize





























@node News-3.23.21, News-3.23.20, News-3.23.22, News-3.23.x















@appendixsubsec Changes in release 3.23.21















@itemize @bullet















@item













Added @code{mysql_character_set_name(MYSQL *mysql)} function to the MySQL API.













Added @code{mysql_character_set_name(MYSQL *mysql)} function to the













@strong{MySQL} C API.















@item















Made the update log @code{ASCII 0} safe.















@item









@@ -36067,7 +36072,7 @@ Fixed @code{chown} warning in @code{safe_mysqld}.













@item















Fixed a bug in @code{ORDER BY} that was introduced in 3.23.19.















@item













Only optimize the @code{DELETE FROM table_name} to do a drop+create of













Only optimize the @code{DELETE FROM tbl_name} to do a drop+create of















the table if we are in @code{AUTOCOMMIT} mode.  (Needed for BDB tables).















@item















Added extra checks to avoid index corruption when the @code{ISAM}/@code{MyISAM}









@@ -36090,7 +36095,7 @@ a feature.













@appendixsubsec Changes in release 3.23.20















@itemize @bullet















@item













Fixed bug in 3.23.19; @code{DELETE FROM table_name} removed the .frm file.













Fixed bug in 3.23.19; @code{DELETE FROM tbl_name} removed the .frm file.















@end itemize





























@node News-3.23.19, News-3.23.18, News-3.23.20, News-3.23.x