Browsing data without transformations

Normally, the exact contents of each row are displayed, except that:

• The TEXT and CHARACTER columns might be truncated, according to $cfg['LimitChars'], and depending on whether we have chosen to see Full Texts or not

• BLOB and geometry-related columns might be replaced by a message such as [BLOB - 1.5 KB]

We will use the term cell to indicate a specific column of a specific row. The cell containing the cover photograph for the "Future souvenirs" book (a BLOB column) is currently displayed as cryptic data such as ‰PNG\r\n\Z\n\0\0\0\rIHDR\0 or as a message stating the BLOB column's size. It would be interesting to see a thumbnail (shown in the following screenshot) of the picture directly in phpMyAdmin and possibly the full-size picture itself. This will be made possible with proper transformation.

Switching display options

In Browse mode, the Options link reveals a slider that contains, among other choices, a Hide Browser transformation checkbox. We can...