svn commit - mysqldoc@docsrva: r2968 - trunk/refman-5.1

[jstephens]

Author: jstephens
Date: 2006-08-07 04:50:44 +0200 (Mon, 07 Aug 2006)
New Revision: 2968

Log:
mysql-5-1-nutshell: Noted improved error handling during backup of Cluster.

Misc. formatting fixes; reformat.

Modified:
   trunk/refman-5.1/introduction.xml


Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/introduction.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/introduction.xml	2006-08-07 01:49:31 UTC (rev 2967)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/introduction.xml	2006-08-07 02:50:44 UTC (rev 2968)
Changed blocks: 4, Lines Added: 31, Lines Deleted: 20; 4213 bytes

@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@
       If you are using an earlier release of the MySQL software, please
       refer to the <citetitle>&title-refman-previous;</citetitle>, which
       covers the &previous-series; series of MySQL software releases, or
-      to <citetitle>MySQL 3.23, 4.0, 4.1 Reference Manual</citetitle>, which covers the
-      3.23, 4.0, and 4.1 series of MySQL software releases. Differences
-      between minor versions of MySQL &current-series; are noted in the
-      present text with reference to release numbers
-      (&current-series;.<replaceable>x</replaceable>).
+      to <citetitle>MySQL 3.23, 4.0, 4.1 Reference Manual</citetitle>,
+      which covers the 3.23, 4.0, and 4.1 series of MySQL software
+      releases. Differences between minor versions of MySQL
+      &current-series; are noted in the present text with reference to
+      release numbers (&current-series;.<replaceable>x</replaceable>).
     </para>
 
     <para>

@@ -534,22 +534,32 @@
             range).
           </para>
         </listitem>
-        
+
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            <emphasis>Online <literal>ADD INDEX</literal> and
-              <literal>DROP INDEX</literal> for MySQL
-              Cluster</emphasis>: Adding and dropping indexes is now
-            much faster for tables using the <literal>NDB</literal>
-            storage engine than in previous versions of MySQL Cluster.
-            This is due to the fact that <literal>NDB</literal> no
-            longer needs to re-create tables, but instead can now
-            apply these schema changes directly to existing tables.
+            <emphasis role="bold">Online <literal>ADD INDEX</literal>
+            and <literal>DROP INDEX</literal> for MySQL
+            Cluster</emphasis>: Adding and dropping indexes is now much
+            faster for tables using the <literal>NDB</literal> storage
+            engine than in previous versions of MySQL Cluster. This is
+            due to the fact that <literal>NDB</literal> no longer needs
+            to re-create tables, but instead can now apply these schema
+            changes directly to existing tables.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
         <listitem>
           <para>
+            <emphasis role="bold">Improved backup implementation in
+            MySQL Cluster</emphasis>: A fault arising in a single data
+            node during a Cluster backup no longer causes the entire
+            backup to be aborted, as occurred in previous versions of
+            MySQL Cluster.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
             <emphasis role="bold">Backup of tablespaces</emphasis>: The
             <command>mysqldump</command> utility now supports an option
             for dumping tablespaces. Use <option>-Y</option> or

@@ -560,11 +570,11 @@
 
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            <emphasis role="bold">INFORMATION_SCHEMA</emphasis>: MySQL
-            5.1 provides much more information in its metadata database.
-            New tables in that database include
-            <literal>FILES</literal>, <literal>EVENTS</literal>,
-            <literal>PARTITIONS</literal>,
+            <emphasis role="bold">Improvements to
+            <literal>INFORMATION_SCHEMA</literal></emphasis>: MySQL 5.1
+            provides much more information in its metadata database. New
+            tables in that database include <literal>FILES</literal>,
+            <literal>EVENTS</literal>, <literal>PARTITIONS</literal>,
             <literal>PROCESSLIST</literal>, <literal>ENGINES</literal>,
             and <literal>PLUGINS</literal>.
           </para>

@@ -2519,7 +2529,8 @@
 
       <section id="constraint-primary-key">
 
-        <title><literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal> and <literal>UNIQUE</literal> Index Constraints</title>
+        <title><literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal> and <literal>UNIQUE</literal> Index
+          Constraints</title>
 
         <indexterm>
           <primary>PRIMARY KEY</primary>