svn commit - mysqldoc@docsrva: r1615 - in trunk: refman-5.1 refman-common

[jon]

Author: jstephens
Date: 2006-03-17 16:43:52 +0100 (Fri, 17 Mar 2006)
New Revision: 1615

Log:

Event Scheduler no longer allows dates later than the end of the Unix Epoch.

(Bug #16396)



Modified:
   trunk/refman-5.1/events.xml
   trunk/refman-common/news-5.1.xml

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/events.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/events.xml	2006-03-17 13:09:33 UTC (rev 1614)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/events.xml	2006-03-17 15:43:52 UTC (rev 1615)
@@ -1352,6 +1352,14 @@
     <para>
       Events cannot be created with a start time that is in the past.
     </para>
+    
+    <para>
+      Events do not support times later than the end of the Unix Epoch;
+      this is approximately the end of the year 2037). Prior to MySQL 5.1.8,
+      handling in scheduled events of dates later than this was buggy; starting
+      with MySQL 5.1.8, such dates are specifically disallowed by the Event
+      Scheduler. (Bug #16396)    
+    </para>
 
     <para>
       In MySQL 5.1.6, <literal>INFORMATION_SCHEMA.EVENTS</literal> shows

Modified: trunk/refman-common/news-5.1.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-common/news-5.1.xml	2006-03-17 13:09:33 UTC (rev 1614)
+++ trunk/refman-common/news-5.1.xml	2006-03-17 15:43:52 UTC (rev 1615)
@@ -99,12 +99,6 @@
 
       <listitem>
         <para>
-          Windows builds now have SSL support enabled. (Bug#18195)
-        </para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para>
           In order not to break legacy applications, support for
           <literal>TYPE =
           <replaceable>engine_name</replaceable></literal> has been
@@ -205,12 +199,24 @@
           purposes of determining placement, <literal>RANGE</literal>
           partitioning now treats <literal>NULL</literal> as less than
           any other value. (Formerly, <literal>NULL</literal> was
-          treated as euqal to zero.) See
-          <xref
-            linkend="partitioning-handling-nulls"/>.
-          (Bug #15447)
+          treated as equal to zero.) See
+          <xref linkend="partitioning-handling-nulls"/>. (Bug #15447)
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Events no longer support times past the end of the Unix epoch.
+          (Formerly, such dates were interpreted as being at the beginning of
+          the Unix epoch.) (Bug #16396) 
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Windows builds now have SSL support enabled. (Bug#18195)
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
         <para>