MySQL 5.1.7-beta, a new version of the popular Open Source Database
Management System, has been released.
Complete Announcement:
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?3,74195,74195#msg-74195
Partitioning specific items:
News from the ChangeLog:
Functionality added or changed:
* All subpartitions within a given partitioned table are now
guaranteed to have unique names.
(Bug #15408 (http://bugs.mysql.com/15408))
* Attempting to read pre-5.1.6 partitioned tables with a MySQL 5.1.7
(or later) server now generates a suitable warning message.
(Bug #16695 (http://bugs.mysql.com/16695))
For additional information about this issue, see Section D.1.3,
"Changes in release 5.1.6 (01 February 2006)."
Bugs fixed:
* Querying the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.partitions table on a non-max server
caused a server crash. (Bug #16591 (http://bugs.mysql.com/16591))
* Attempting to add a new partition to a table partitioned by a unique
key would cause an Out of memory error.
(Bug #17169 (http://bugs.mysql.com/17169))
* A SELECT from the last partition of a subpartitioned table having a
UNIQUE KEY could crash the MySQL Server.
(Bug #16907 (http://bugs.mysql.com/16907))
* A SELECT on a subpartitioned table having a multiple-column PRIMARY
or UNIQUE KEY, and whose partitioning function used only the first
column of the key, could cause mysqld to crash.
(Bug #16901 (http://bugs.mysql.com/16901))
* Using REPLACE INTO on a partitioned table having a primary key would
crash the server in the event of a duplicate key error.
(Bug #16782 (http://bugs.mysql.com/16782))
* DROP TABLE would sometimes fail on a table having subpartitions that
used the default storage engine.
(Bug #16775 (http://bugs.mysql.com/16775))
* On Windows platforms, some attempts to create partitioned tables
from the command line would cause the mysql client to hang.
(Bug #17082 (http://bugs.mysql.com/17082))
* Trying to create a partitioned table with more than 32 attributes
failed. (Bug #17179 (http://bugs.mysql.com/17179))
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/07/2006 02:20PM by Edwin DeSouza.