The AUTO_INCREMENT sequence wasn't reset
            when dropping and adding an
            AUTO_INCREMENT column.
          
            CREATE ... SELECT now creates non-unique
            indexes delayed.
          
            Fixed problem where LOCK TABLES tbl_name
            READ followed by FLUSH TABLES
            put an exclusive lock on the table.
          
            REAL @variable values were represented
            with only 2 digits when converted to strings.
          
            Fixed problem that client ``hung'' when LOAD TABLE
            FROM MASTER failed.
          
            myisamchk --fast --force will no longer
            repair tables that only had the open count wrong.
          
Added functions to handle symbolic links to make life easier in 4.0.
            We are now using the -lcma thread library
            on HP-UX 10.20 so that MySQL will be more stable on HP-UX.
          
            Fixed problem with IF() and number of
            decimals in the result.
          
Fixed date-part extraction functions to work with dates where day and/or month is 0.
Extended argument length in option files from 256 to 512 chars.
            Fixed problem with shutdown when INSERT
            DELAYED was waiting for a LOCK
            TABLE.
          
            Fixed core dump bug in InnoDB when
            tablespace was full.
          
            Fixed problem with MERGE tables and big
            tables (> 4G) when using ORDER BY.
          
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.

