New commands: ALTER TABLE,
            SELECT ... INTO OUTFILE and LOAD
            DATA INFILE.
          
            New function: NOW().
          
            Added new field File_priv to
            mysql/user table.
          
            New script add_file_priv which adds the
            new field File_priv to the
            user table. This script must be executed
            if you want to use the new SELECT ...
            INTO and LOAD DATA INFILE ...
            commands with a version of MySQL earlier than 3.20.7.
          
            Fixed bug in locking code, which made
            lock_test.pl test fail.
          
            New files NEW and
            BUGS.
          
            Changed select_test.c and
            insert_test.c to include
            config.h.
          
            Added status command to
            mysqladmin for short logging.
          
Increased maximum number of keys to 16 and maximum number of key parts to 15.
Use of sub keys. A key may now be a prefix of a string field.
            Added -k option to
            mysqlshow, to get key information for a
            table.
          
            Added long options to mysqldump.
          
This is a translation of the MySQL Reference Manual that can be found at dev.mysql.com. The original Reference Manual is in English, and this translation is not necessarily as up to date as the English version.

