phpMyAdmin Additonal Features Deactivated Message

I installed PHP and phpMyAdmin as part of a preconfigured package from "Apache Friends" not too long ago.

Things seem to be generally working OK. I'm able to create MySQL tables, which work fine in my web pages, except that the DATE function doesn't work.

I was trying to track down the problem, when I noticed this error message in phpMyAdmin when I click on a database:

"Error
The additional Features for working with linked Tables have been deactivated. To find out why click here."

When I click the link, it takes me to a bunch of mumbo jumbo (appended below) that's linked to more mumbo jumbo.

I don't have a clue what they're talking about. Before I jump into this mess, I wondered if someone might have a general idea of what this is all about. More important, do you know of a quick fix, or am I going to have to wade through each problem individually, trying to understand it and fix it?

Thanks.


Database animalz running on localhost
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] ... not OK [ Documentation ]

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] ... not OK [ Documentation ]
General relation features: Disabled

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] ... not OK [ Documentation ]
Display Features: Disabled

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] ... not OK [ Documentation ]
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] ... not OK [ Documentation ]
Creation of PDFs: Disabled

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info'] ... not OK [ Documentation ]
Displaying Column Comments: Disabled
Bookmarked SQL-query: Disabled
MIME ... not OK [ Documentation ]
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['history'] ... not OK [ Documentation ]
SQL-history: Disabled

If you really want to learn about those errors, click on the documentation links and read what each one means. This is the easiest way to figure it out.

Not sure if any of them are related to your problem. I also have similar errors on my dB, so what I did was create another dB, the same errors still show.

So I'm using this new dB to try and figure out and fix the errors while not chancing hosing up my running dB. Just a lot of reading and what I like to call 'Guess and Test'

Just a thought that might help in resolving this

Sounds like a good plan. I was hoping there might be a quick fix; looks like a can of worms to me.

No quick fix available that I know of. But a good opportunity to learn about your dB structure.

in the phpmyadmin config.inc change all of the capital 'PMA' in the cfg line items to 'pma'

the db phpmyadmin.pma_* are all lower case and they are case sensitive