MySQL is a widely used and fast SQL database
server. It is a client/server implementation that
consists of a server daemon (mysqld) and many
different client programs/libraries.
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This release updates the InnoDB Plugin to version 1.0.11, changes behavior regarding the 'LOAD DATA INFILE' statement in a statement-based replication environment, and contains various changes regarding partitioning.
InnoDB is now the default storage engine, rather than MyISAM in the regular versions of MySQL. This release also incorporates a variety of security fixes.