MySQL Bugs: #24692: MySQL online manual problems

Bug #24692	MySQL online manual problems
Submitted:	29 Nov 2006 13:17	Modified:	2 Apr 2007 13:54
Reporter:	Jani Tolonen	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Documentation	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:		OS:
Assigned to:	MC Brown	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Search seems to be broken, at least here:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/index.html

I typed "concat" in the search box, it found nothing.
Also tried "abs" and some other common function names,
but no hits.

Another problem is that now 3.23, 4.0 and 4.1 manuals
have been merged. However, it is not possible to see
which functions had been added in each version. It
would be good to have the version number besides each
function in which version it was added originally.

We get sometimes questions from customers in which version
is some function available, or the other way, the ask
why some function call doesn't work, but now support members
can't easily check in which version the function was added.

How to repeat:
Go to:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/string-functions.html

There are examples of how functions have been documented.
It would be good to have the original version number in each
function slot.

Try search "concat" in the search box on the left.

It now returns:

"No results were found for your query."

Suggested fix:
Fix search.

Add MySQL version number besides each function in
which it was originally added.

Thank you for the bug report

The new summary tables for functions show the version number in which a particular functions was introduced (see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/func-op-summary-ref.html). This is an initial version of the solution, but you can see the basic output. We'll be improving and extending the information provided here. 

I believe this is the only remaning query on this bug so I am marking it closed.