MySQL 4.0.17, a new version of the popular Open Source/Free Software Database Management System, has been released. It is now available in source and binary form for a number of platforms from our download pages at http://www.mysql.com/downloads/ and mirror sites.

Note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at this point in time - if you can't find this version on some mirror, please try again later or choose another download site.

This is a bugfix release for the current production version.

Please refer to our bug database at http://bugs.mysql.com/ for more details about the individual bugs fixed in this version.