@@ -9958,6 +9958,13 @@ CC=fcc CFLAGS="-O -K fast -K lib -K omitfp -Kpreex -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCONST=const -
99589958
99599959MySQL needs at least Linux Version 2.0.
99609960
9961+ @strong{WARNING}:
9962+ We have have reports from some MySQL users that they have got serious
9963+ stability problems with MySQL with Linux kernel 2.2.14. If you are
9964+ using this kernel you should upgrade to 2.2.19 (or newer) or to a 2.4
9965+ kernel. If you have a multi-cpu box, then you should seriously consider
9966+ using 2.4 as this will give you a significant speed boost.
9967+
99619968The binary release is linked with @code{-static}, which means you do not
99629969normally need to worry about which version of the system libraries you
99639970have. You need not install LinuxThreads, either. A program linked with
@@ -28091,6 +28098,9 @@ You can always store an exact integer value in a @code{BIGINT} column by
2809128098storing it as a string, as there is in this case there will be no
2809228099intermediate double representation.
2809328100@item
28101+ In MySQL 4.0 you can use integers to store big unsigned values in a
28102+ @code{BIGINT} string.
28103+ @item
2809428104@samp{-}, @samp{+}, and @samp{*} will use @code{BIGINT} arithmetic when
2809528105both arguments are @code{INTEGER} values! This means that if you
2809628106multiply two big integers (or results from functions that return
@@ -29151,7 +29161,9 @@ certain circumstances:
2915129161@item
2915229162If you insert an invalid value into an @code{ENUM} (that is, a string not
2915329163present in the list of allowed values), the empty string is inserted
29154- instead as a special error value.
29164+ instead as a special error value. This string can be distinguished from a
29165+ 'normal' empty string by the fact that this string has the numerical value
29166+ 0. More about this later.
2915529167
2915629168@item
2915729169If an @code{ENUM} is declared @code{NULL}, @code{NULL} is also a legal value
@@ -46933,6 +46945,8 @@ Our TODO section contains what we plan to have in 4.0. @xref{TODO MySQL 4.0}.
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4693446946@itemize @bullet
4693546947@item
46948+ Fixed handling of big unsigned bigint constants.
46949+ @item
4693646950New character set @code{latin_de} which provides correct German sorting.
4693746951@item
4693846952@code{TRUNCATE TABLE} and @code{DELETE FROM table_name} are now separate
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