<b>Features & Benefits of MySQL 4.1</b><img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

MySQL version 4.1 offers dozens of important product enhancements and new features, including support for:
<ul>
<li>Subqueries and derived tables -- allowing users to search complex data sets with greater ease and efficiency;</li>
<li>A significantly faster and more flexible client-server protocol with support for prepared statements, providing optimized query execution and improved warning information;</li>
<li>New GUI installer and configuration wizards for Linux and Windows, making it easier for developers to set up and optimize their MySQL databases;</li>
<li>Encrypted client-server communication using OpenSSL (GPL), greatly increasing security against malicious intrusion and unauthorized access.</li>
<li>A more highly-optimized MySQL server library with a smaller memory footprint that performs significantly faster when embedded in third-party software.</li>
<li>Extensive Unicode support through the utf8 and ucs2 international character sets for applications that require the use of local languages;</li>
<li>Industry-standard GIS spatial types for storing and managing geographic data;</li>
<li>Improved full text search and Help features.</li>
</ul>

<b>Platforms & Pricing</b>
The production version of MySQL 4.1 is available now for the Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IBM AIX and a range of other operating systems.

All MySQL database software is available under a dual licensing model. Developers and organizations can choose between an open source (GPL) or a commercial MySQL license, depending on their deployment requirements.

www.mysql.com/news-and-events/press-release/release_2004_32.html

Edited by - ccharlton on 01 Dec 2004 10:44:05