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@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ PHP 4.0                                                                    NEWS
 
 ?? ?? 1999, Version 4.0 Beta 3
 
+- Output-Buffering system is now Thread-Safe. (Thies)
+- implemented OCI8 $lob->WriteToFile() function - very useful for streaming
+  large amounts of LOB-Data without to need of a huge buffer. (Thies)
 - Added session.use_cookies option (Sascha)
 - Added getcwd() function. (Thies)
 - XML_Parse_Into_Struct no longer eats data. (Thies)