merged

VC++Files/mysys/mysys.dsp:
  Auto merged
VC++Files/mysys/mysys_ia64.dsp:
  Auto merged
client/mysql.cc:
  Auto merged
include/my_sys.h:
  Auto merged
myisam/mi_check.c:
  Auto merged
myisam/myisamchk.c:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/rpl_multi_delete2.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/t/innodb.test:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/t/rpl_multi_delete2-slave.opt:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/t/rpl_multi_delete2.test:
  Auto merged
sql/ha_myisam.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/opt_sum.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/set_var.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_class.h:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_parse.cc:
  Auto merged

VC++Files/mysys/mysys.dsp

@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@ SOURCE=.\my_compress.c
 # End Source File
 # Begin Source File
 
+SOURCE=.\my_conio.c
+# End Source File
+# Begin Source File
+
 SOURCE=.\my_copy.c
 # End Source File
 # Begin Source File

VC++Files/mysys/mysys_ia64.dsp

@@ -362,6 +362,10 @@ SOURCE=.\my_compress.c
 # End Source File
 # Begin Source File
 
+SOURCE=.\my_conio.c
+# End Source File
+# Begin Source File
+
 SOURCE=.\my_copy.c
 # End Source File
 # Begin Source File

client/mysql.cc

@@ -959,10 +959,15 @@ static int get_options(int argc, char **argv)
 
 static int read_and_execute(bool interactive)
 {
-#if defined( __WIN__) || defined(OS2) || defined(__NETWARE__)
+#if defined(OS2) || defined(__NETWARE__)
   char linebuffer[254];
   String buffer;
 #endif
+#if defined(__WIN__)
+  String tmpbuf;
+  String buffer;
+#endif
+
   char	*line;
   char	in_string=0;
   ulong line_number=0;
@@ -993,7 +998,7 @@ static int read_and_execute(bool interactive)
 
 #if defined( __WIN__) || defined(OS2) || defined(__NETWARE__)
       tee_fputs(prompt, stdout);
-#ifdef __NETWARE__
+#if defined(__NETWARE__)
       line=fgets(linebuffer, sizeof(linebuffer)-1, stdin);
       /* Remove the '\n' */
       if (line)
@@ -1002,7 +1007,22 @@ static int read_and_execute(bool interactive)
         if (p != NULL)
           *p = '\0';
       }
-#else
+#elif defined(__WIN__)
+      if (!tmpbuf.is_alloced())
+        tmpbuf.alloc(65535);
+      buffer.length(0);
+      unsigned long clen;
+      do
+      {
+        line= my_cgets(tmpbuf.c_ptr(), tmpbuf.alloced_length(), &clen);
+        buffer.append(line, clen);
+        /* 
+           if we got buffer fully filled than there is a chance that
+           something else is still in console input buffer
+        */
+      } while (tmpbuf.alloced_length() <= clen + 1);
+      line= buffer.c_ptr();
+#else /* OS2 */
       buffer.length(0);
       /* _cgets() expects the buffer size - 3 as the first byte */
       linebuffer[0]= (char) sizeof(linebuffer) - 3;
@@ -1078,9 +1098,14 @@ static int read_and_execute(bool interactive)
 	status.exit_status=0;
     }
   }
+
 #if defined( __WIN__) || defined(OS2) || defined(__NETWARE__)
   buffer.free();
 #endif
+#if defined( __WIN__)
+  tmpbuf.free();
+#endif
+
   return status.exit_status;
 }
 

include/my_sys.h

@@ -887,6 +887,9 @@ int my_security_attr_create(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES **psa, const char **perror,
 
 void my_security_attr_free(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *sa);
 
+/* implemented in my_conio.c */
+char* my_cgets(char *string, unsigned long clen, unsigned long* plen);
+
 #endif
 #ifdef __NETWARE__
 void netware_reg_user(const char *ip, const char *user,

include/myisam.h

@@ -381,6 +381,20 @@ typedef struct st_sort_key_blocks		/* Used when sorting */
 } SORT_KEY_BLOCKS;
 
 
+/* 
+  MyISAM supports several statistics collection methods. Currently statistics 
+  collection method is not stored in MyISAM file and has to be specified for 
+  each table analyze/repair operation in  MI_CHECK::stats_method.
+*/
+
+typedef enum 
+{
+  /* Treat NULLs as inequal when collecting statistics (default for 4.1/5.0) */
+  MI_STATS_METHOD_NULLS_NOT_EQUAL=1,
+  /* Treat NULLs as equal when collecting statistics (like 4.0 did) */
+  MI_STATS_METHOD_NULLS_EQUAL
+} enum_mi_stats_method;
+
 typedef struct st_mi_check_param
 {
   ulonglong auto_increment_value;
@@ -411,6 +425,7 @@ typedef struct st_mi_check_param
   void *thd;
   const char *db_name, *table_name;
   const char *op_name;
+  enum_mi_stats_method stats_method;
 } MI_CHECK;
 
 typedef struct st_sort_ft_buf

myisam/mi_check.c

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ void myisamchk_init(MI_CHECK *param)
   param->start_check_pos=0;
   param->max_record_length= LONGLONG_MAX;
   param->key_cache_block_size= KEY_CACHE_BLOCK_SIZE;
+  param->stats_method= MI_STATS_METHOD_NULLS_NOT_EQUAL;
 }
 
 	/* Check the status flags for the table */
@@ -559,10 +560,11 @@ static int chk_index(MI_CHECK *param, MI_INFO *info, MI_KEYDEF *keyinfo,
 		     ha_checksum *key_checksum, uint level)
 {
   int flag;
-  uint used_length,comp_flag,nod_flag,key_length=0,not_used;
+  uint used_length,comp_flag,nod_flag,key_length=0;
   uchar key[MI_MAX_POSSIBLE_KEY_BUFF],*temp_buff,*keypos,*old_keypos,*endpos;
   my_off_t next_page,record;
   char llbuff[22];
+  uint diff_pos;
   DBUG_ENTER("chk_index");
   DBUG_DUMP("buff",(byte*) buff,mi_getint(buff));
 
@@ -620,7 +622,7 @@ static int chk_index(MI_CHECK *param, MI_INFO *info, MI_KEYDEF *keyinfo,
     }
     if ((*keys)++ &&
 	(flag=ha_key_cmp(keyinfo->seg,info->lastkey,key,key_length,
-			 comp_flag, &not_used)) >=0)
+			 comp_flag, &diff_pos)) >=0)
     {
       DBUG_DUMP("old",(byte*) info->lastkey, info->lastkey_length);
       DBUG_DUMP("new",(byte*) key, key_length);
@@ -636,11 +638,11 @@ static int chk_index(MI_CHECK *param, MI_INFO *info, MI_KEYDEF *keyinfo,
     {
       if (*keys != 1L)				/* not first_key */
       {
-	uint diff;
+        if (param->stats_method == MI_STATS_METHOD_NULLS_NOT_EQUAL)
           ha_key_cmp(keyinfo->seg,info->lastkey,key,USE_WHOLE_KEY,
                      SEARCH_FIND | SEARCH_NULL_ARE_NOT_EQUAL,
-		   &diff);
-	param->unique_count[diff-1]++;
+                     &diff_pos);
+	param->unique_count[diff_pos-1]++;
       }
     }
     (*key_checksum)+= mi_byte_checksum((byte*) key,
@@ -3250,9 +3252,10 @@ static int sort_key_write(MI_SORT_PARAM *sort_param, const void *a)
     cmp=ha_key_cmp(sort_param->seg,sort_info->key_block->lastkey,
 		   (uchar*) a, USE_WHOLE_KEY,SEARCH_FIND | SEARCH_UPDATE,
 		   &diff_pos);
+    if (param->stats_method == MI_STATS_METHOD_NULLS_NOT_EQUAL)
       ha_key_cmp(sort_param->seg,sort_info->key_block->lastkey,
-               (uchar*) a, USE_WHOLE_KEY,SEARCH_FIND | SEARCH_NULL_ARE_NOT_EQUAL,
-               &diff_pos);
+                 (uchar*) a, USE_WHOLE_KEY, 
+                 SEARCH_FIND | SEARCH_NULL_ARE_NOT_EQUAL, &diff_pos);
     sort_param->unique[diff_pos-1]++;
   }
   else
@@ -3989,9 +3992,10 @@ void update_auto_increment_key(MI_CHECK *param, MI_INFO *info,
     unique[0]= (#different values of {keypart1}) - 1
     unique[1]= (#different values of {keypart2,keypart1} tuple) - unique[0] - 1
     ...
-    Here we assume that NULL != NULL (see SEARCH_NULL_ARE_NOT_EQUAL). The
-    'unique' array is collected in one sequential scan through the entire
+    The 'unique' array is collected in one sequential scan through the entire
     index. This is done in two places: in chk_index() and in sort_key_write().
+    Statistics collection may consider NULLs as either equal or inequal (see
+    SEARCH_NULL_ARE_NOT_EQUAL, MI_STATS_METHOD_*).
 
     Output is an array:
     rec_per_key_part[k] = 

myisam/myisamchk.c

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ static const char *field_pack[]=
  "no zeros", "blob", "constant", "table-lockup",
  "always zero","varchar","unique-hash","?","?"};
 
+static const char *myisam_stats_method_str="nulls_inequal";
 
 static void get_options(int *argc,char * * *argv);
 static void print_version(void);
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ enum options_mc {
   OPT_READ_BUFFER_SIZE, OPT_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE, OPT_SORT_BUFFER_SIZE,
   OPT_SORT_KEY_BLOCKS, OPT_DECODE_BITS, OPT_FT_MIN_WORD_LEN,
   OPT_FT_MAX_WORD_LEN, OPT_FT_STOPWORD_FILE,
-  OPT_MAX_RECORD_LENGTH, OPT_AUTO_CLOSE
+  OPT_MAX_RECORD_LENGTH, OPT_AUTO_CLOSE, OPT_STATS_METHOD
 };
 
 static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
@@ -336,6 +337,11 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
     "Use stopwords from this file instead of built-in list.",
     (gptr*) &ft_stopword_file, (gptr*) &ft_stopword_file, 0, GET_STR,
     REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {"stats_method", OPT_STATS_METHOD,
+   "Specifies how index statistics collection code should threat NULLs. "
+   "Possible values of name are \"nulls_inequal\" (default behavior for 4.1/5.0), and \"nulls_equal\" (emulate 4.0 behavior).",
+   (gptr*) &myisam_stats_method_str, (gptr*) &myisam_stats_method_str, 0,
+    GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -465,6 +471,12 @@ static void usage(void)
 
 #include <help_end.h>
 
+const char *myisam_stats_method_names[] = {"nulls_inequal", "nulls_equal",
+                                           NullS};
+TYPELIB myisam_stats_method_typelib= {
+  array_elements(myisam_stats_method_names) - 1, "",
+  myisam_stats_method_names, NULL};
+
 	 /* Read options */
 
 static my_bool
@@ -684,6 +696,19 @@ get_one_option(int optid,
     else
       check_param.testflag|= T_CALC_CHECKSUM;
     break;
+  case OPT_STATS_METHOD:
+  {
+    myisam_stats_method_str= argument;
+    int method;
+    if ((method=find_type(argument, &myisam_stats_method_typelib, 2)) <= 0)
+    {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Invalid value of stats_method: %s.\n", argument);
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    check_param.stats_method= test(method-1)? MI_STATS_METHOD_NULLS_EQUAL :
+                                              MI_STATS_METHOD_NULLS_NOT_EQUAL;
+    break;
+  }
 #ifdef DEBUG					/* Only useful if debugging */
   case OPT_START_CHECK_POS:
     check_param.start_check_pos= strtoull(argument, NULL, 0);

mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl

@@ -2450,11 +2450,6 @@ sub run_mysqltest ($) {
     mtr_add_arg($args, "--big-test");
   }
 
-  if ( $opt_record )
-  {
-    mtr_add_arg($args, "--record");
-  }
-
   if ( $opt_compress )
   {
     mtr_add_arg($args, "--compress");
@@ -2480,9 +2475,6 @@ sub run_mysqltest ($) {
                 $glob_mysql_test_dir);
   }
 
-  mtr_add_arg($args, "-R");
-  mtr_add_arg($args, $tinfo->{'result_file'});
-
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   # If embedded server, we create server args to give mysqltest to pass on
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2497,6 +2489,18 @@ sub run_mysqltest ($) {
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   $ENV{'MYSQL_TEST'}= "$exe_mysqltest " . join(" ", @$args);
 
+  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # Add args that should not go into the MYSQL_TEST environment var
+  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  mtr_add_arg($args, "-R");
+  mtr_add_arg($args, $tinfo->{'result_file'});
+
+  if ( $opt_record )
+  {
+    mtr_add_arg($args, "--record");
+  }
+
   return mtr_run_test($exe,$args,$tinfo->{'path'},"",$path_timefile,"");
 }
 

mysql-test/r/innodb.result

@@ -1730,6 +1730,15 @@ explain select * from t1 order by a,b,c,d;
 id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
 1	SIMPLE	t1	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	3	Using filesort
 drop table t1;
+create table t1 (a char(1), b char(1), key(a, b)) engine=innodb;
+insert into t1 values ('8', '6'), ('4', '7');
+select min(a) from t1;
+min(a)
+4
+select min(b) from t1 where a='8';
+min(b)
+6
+drop table t1;
 create table t1 (x bigint unsigned not null primary key) engine=innodb;
 insert into t1(x) values (0xfffffffffffffff0),(0xfffffffffffffff1);
 select * from t1;

mysql-test/r/myisam.result

@@ -608,6 +608,67 @@ checksum table t2;
 Table	Checksum
 test.t2	984116287
 drop table t1, t2;
+show variables like 'myisam_stats_method';
+Variable_name	Value
+myisam_stats_method	nulls_inequal
+create table t1 (a int, key(a));
+insert into t1 values (0),(1),(2),(3),(4);
+insert into t1 select NULL from t1;
+analyze table t1;
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	analyze	status	OK
+show index from t1;
+Table	Non_unique	Key_name	Seq_in_index	Column_name	Collation	Cardinality	Sub_part	Packed	Null	Index_type	Comment
+t1	1	a	1	a	A	10	NULL	NULL	YES	BTREE	
+insert into t1 values (11);
+delete from t1 where a=11;
+check table t1;
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	check	status	OK
+show index from t1;
+Table	Non_unique	Key_name	Seq_in_index	Column_name	Collation	Cardinality	Sub_part	Packed	Null	Index_type	Comment
+t1	1	a	1	a	A	10	NULL	NULL	YES	BTREE	
+set myisam_stats_method=nulls_equal;
+show variables like 'myisam_stats_method';
+Variable_name	Value
+myisam_stats_method	nulls_equal
+insert into t1 values (11);
+delete from t1 where a=11;
+analyze table t1;
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	analyze	status	OK
+show index from t1;
+Table	Non_unique	Key_name	Seq_in_index	Column_name	Collation	Cardinality	Sub_part	Packed	Null	Index_type	Comment
+t1	1	a	1	a	A	5	NULL	NULL	YES	BTREE	
+insert into t1 values (11);
+delete from t1 where a=11;
+check table t1;
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	check	status	OK
+show index from t1;
+Table	Non_unique	Key_name	Seq_in_index	Column_name	Collation	Cardinality	Sub_part	Packed	Null	Index_type	Comment
+t1	1	a	1	a	A	5	NULL	NULL	YES	BTREE	
+set myisam_stats_method=DEFAULT;
+show variables like 'myisam_stats_method';
+Variable_name	Value
+myisam_stats_method	nulls_inequal
+insert into t1 values (11);
+delete from t1 where a=11;
+analyze table t1;
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	analyze	status	OK
+show index from t1;
+Table	Non_unique	Key_name	Seq_in_index	Column_name	Collation	Cardinality	Sub_part	Packed	Null	Index_type	Comment
+t1	1	a	1	a	A	10	NULL	NULL	YES	BTREE	
+insert into t1 values (11);
+delete from t1 where a=11;
+check table t1;
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	check	status	OK
+show index from t1;
+Table	Non_unique	Key_name	Seq_in_index	Column_name	Collation	Cardinality	Sub_part	Packed	Null	Index_type	Comment
+t1	1	a	1	a	A	10	NULL	NULL	YES	BTREE	
+drop table t1;
 set storage_engine=MyISAM;
 drop table if exists t1,t2,t3;
 --- Testing varchar ---

mysql-test/t/innodb.test

@@ -1259,6 +1259,15 @@ select * from t1 order by a,b,c,d;
 explain select * from t1 order by a,b,c,d;
 drop table t1;
 
+#
+# BUG#11039,#13218 Wrong key length in min()
+#
+
+create table t1 (a char(1), b char(1), key(a, b)) engine=innodb;
+insert into t1 values ('8', '6'), ('4', '7');
+select min(a) from t1;
+select min(b) from t1 where a='8';
+drop table t1;
 # End of 4.1 tests
 
 #

mysql-test/t/myisam.test

@@ -578,6 +578,59 @@ checksum table t1;
 # The above should give the same number as the following.
 checksum table t2;
 drop table t1, t2;
+
+#
+# BUG#12232: New myisam_stats_method variable.
+#
+
+show variables like 'myisam_stats_method';
+
+create table t1 (a int, key(a));
+insert into t1 values (0),(1),(2),(3),(4);
+insert into t1 select NULL from t1;
+
+# default: NULLs considered inequal
+analyze table t1; 
+show index from t1;
+insert into t1 values (11);
+delete from t1 where a=11;
+check table t1;
+show index from t1;
+
+# Set nulls to be equal:
+set myisam_stats_method=nulls_equal;
+show variables like 'myisam_stats_method';
+insert into t1 values (11);
+delete from t1 where a=11;
+
+analyze table t1; 
+show index from t1;
+
+insert into t1 values (11);
+delete from t1 where a=11;
+
+check table t1;
+show index from t1;
+
+# Set nulls back to be equal 
+set myisam_stats_method=DEFAULT;
+show variables like 'myisam_stats_method';
+insert into t1 values (11);
+delete from t1 where a=11;
+
+analyze table t1; 
+show index from t1;
+
+insert into t1 values (11);
+delete from t1 where a=11;
+
+check table t1;
+show index from t1;
+
+drop table t1;
+
+# End of 4.1 tests
+
 #
 # Test varchar
 #
@@ -700,4 +753,3 @@ create table t3 (c1 int) engine=myisam pack_keys=default;
 create table t4 (c1 int) engine=myisam pack_keys=2;
 drop table t1, t2, t3;
 
-# End of 4.1 tests

mysys/my_conio.c

+/* Copyright (C) 2000 MySQL AB
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA */
+
+
+#include "mysys_priv.h"
+
+#ifdef __WIN__
+
+static HANDLE my_coninpfh= 0;     /* console input */
+
+/*
+  functions my_pthread_auto_mutex_lock & my_pthread_auto_mutex_free
+  are experimental at this moment, they are intended to bring
+  ability of protecting code sections without necessity to explicitly
+  initialize synchronization object in one of threads
+
+  if found useful they are to be exported in mysys
+*/
+
+/*
+  int my_pthread_auto_mutex_lock(HANDLE* ph, const char* name, 
+                                 int id, int time)
+
+  NOTES
+    creates a mutex with given name and tries to lock it time msec.
+    mutex name is appended with id to allow system wide or process wide
+    locks. Handle to created mutex returned in ph argument.
+
+  RETURN
+    0	              thread owns mutex
+    <>0	            error
+
+*/
+static
+int my_pthread_auto_mutex_lock(HANDLE* ph, const char* name, int id, int time)
+{
+  int res;
+  char tname[FN_REFLEN];
+  
+  sprintf(tname, "%s-%08X", name, id);
+  
+  *ph= CreateMutex(NULL, FALSE, tname);
+  if (*ph == NULL)
+    return GetLastError();
+
+  res= WaitForSingleObject(*ph, time);
+  
+  if (res == WAIT_TIMEOUT)
+    return ERROR_SEM_TIMEOUT;
+
+  if (res == WAIT_FAILED)
+    return GetLastError();
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+  int my_pthread_auto_mutex_free(HANDLE* ph)
+
+
+  NOTES
+    releases a mutex.
+
+  RETURN
+    0	              thread released mutex
+    <>0	            error
+
+*/
+static
+int my_pthread_auto_mutex_free(HANDLE* ph)
+{
+  if (*ph)
+  {
+    ReleaseMutex(*ph);
+    CloseHandle(*ph);
+    *ph= NULL;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
+#define pthread_auto_mutex_decl(name)                           \
+  HANDLE __h##name= NULL;
+
+#define pthread_auto_mutex_lock(name, proc, time)               \
+  my_pthread_auto_mutex_lock(&__h##name, #name, (proc), (time))
+
+#define pthread_auto_mutex_free(name)                           \
+  my_pthread_auto_mutex_free(&__h##name)
+
+
+/*
+  char* my_cgets(char *string, unsigned long clen, unsigned long* plen)
+
+  NOTES
+    Replaces _cgets from libc to support input of more than 255 chars.
+    Reads from the console via ReadConsole into buffer which 
+    should be at least clen characters.
+    Actual length of string returned in plen.
+
+  WARNING
+    my_cgets() does NOT check the pushback character buffer (i.e., _chbuf).
+    Thus, my_cgets() will not return any character that is pushed back by 
+    the _ungetch() call.
+
+  RETURN
+    string pointer	ok
+    NULL	          Error
+
+*/
+char* my_cgets(char *buffer, unsigned long clen, unsigned long* plen)
+{
+  ULONG state;
+  char *result;
+  CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
+  
+  pthread_auto_mutex_decl(my_conio_cs);
+ 
+  /* lock the console for the current process*/
+  if (pthread_auto_mutex_lock(my_conio_cs, GetCurrentProcessId(), INFINITE))
+  {
+    /* can not lock console */
+    pthread_auto_mutex_free(my_conio_cs);  
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  /* init console input */
+  if (my_coninpfh == 0)
+  {
+    /* same handle will be used until process termination */
+    my_coninpfh= CreateFile("CONIN$", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
+                            FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
+                            NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
+  }
+
+  if (my_coninpfh == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) 
+  {
+    /* unlock the console */
+    pthread_auto_mutex_free(my_conio_cs);  
+    return(NULL);
+  }
+
+  GetConsoleMode((HANDLE)my_coninpfh, &state);
+  SetConsoleMode((HANDLE)my_coninpfh, ENABLE_LINE_INPUT | 
+                 ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT | ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT);
+
+  GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &csbi);
+
+  /* 
+    there is no known way to determine allowed buffer size for input
+    though it is known it should not be more than 64K               
+    so we cut 64K and try first size of screen buffer               
+    if it is still to large we cut half of it and try again         
+    later we may want to cycle from min(clen, 65535) to allowed size
+    with small decrement to determine exact allowed buffer           
+  */
+  clen= min(clen, 65535);
+  do
+  {
+    clen= min(clen, (unsigned long)csbi.dwSize.X*csbi.dwSize.Y);
+    if (!ReadConsole((HANDLE)my_coninpfh, (LPVOID)buffer, clen - 1, plen, NULL))
+    {
+      result= NULL;
+      clen>>= 1;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      result= buffer;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  while (GetLastError() == ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY);
+
+
+  if (result != NULL)
+  {
+    if (buffer[*plen - 2] == '\r')
+    {
+      *plen= *plen - 2;
+    }
+    else 
+    {
+      if (buffer[*plen - 1] == '\r')
+      {
+        char tmp[3];
+        int  tmplen= sizeof(tmp);
+
+        *plen= *plen - 1;
+        /* read /n left in the buffer */
+        ReadConsole((HANDLE)my_coninpfh, (LPVOID)tmp, tmplen, &tmplen, NULL);
+      }
+    }
+    buffer[*plen]= '\0';
+  }
+
+  SetConsoleMode((HANDLE)my_coninpfh, state);
+  /* unlock the console */
+  pthread_auto_mutex_free(my_conio_cs);  
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+#endif /* __WIN__ */

sql/ha_myisam.cc

@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ const char *myisam_recover_names[] =
 TYPELIB myisam_recover_typelib= {array_elements(myisam_recover_names)-1,"",
 				 myisam_recover_names, NULL};
 
+const char *myisam_stats_method_names[] = {"nulls_inequal", "nulls_equal",
+                                           NullS};
+TYPELIB myisam_stats_method_typelib= {
+  array_elements(myisam_stats_method_names) - 1, "",
+  myisam_stats_method_names, NULL};
+
 
 /*****************************************************************************
 ** MyISAM tables
@@ -324,6 +330,7 @@ int ha_myisam::check(THD* thd, HA_CHECK_OPT* check_opt)
   param.db_name=    table->s->db;
   param.table_name= table->alias;
   param.testflag = check_opt->flags | T_CHECK | T_SILENT;
+  param.stats_method= (enum_mi_stats_method)thd->variables.myisam_stats_method;
 
   if (!(table->db_stat & HA_READ_ONLY))
     param.testflag|= T_STATISTICS;
@@ -413,6 +420,7 @@ int ha_myisam::analyze(THD *thd, HA_CHECK_OPT* check_opt)
   param.testflag= (T_FAST | T_CHECK | T_SILENT | T_STATISTICS |
                    T_DONT_CHECK_CHECKSUM);
   param.using_global_keycache = 1;
+  param.stats_method= (enum_mi_stats_method)thd->variables.myisam_stats_method;
 
   if (!(share->state.changed & STATE_NOT_ANALYZED))
     return HA_ADMIN_ALREADY_DONE;
@@ -967,6 +975,7 @@ int ha_myisam::enable_indexes(uint mode)
                      T_CREATE_MISSING_KEYS);
     param.myf_rw&= ~MY_WAIT_IF_FULL;
     param.sort_buffer_length=  thd->variables.myisam_sort_buff_size;
+    param.stats_method= (enum_mi_stats_method)thd->variables.myisam_stats_method;
     param.tmpdir=&mysql_tmpdir_list;
     if ((error= (repair(thd,param,0) != HA_ADMIN_OK)) && param.retry_repair)
     {

sql/handler.h

@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ public:
 extern struct show_table_type_st sys_table_types[];
 extern const char *ha_row_type[];
 extern TYPELIB tx_isolation_typelib;
+extern TYPELIB myisam_stats_method_typelib;
 extern handlerton *handlertons[MAX_HA];
 extern ulong total_ha, total_ha_2pc;
 

sql/mysqld.cc

@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ char server_version[SERVER_VERSION_LENGTH];
 char *mysqld_unix_port, *opt_mysql_tmpdir;
 const char **errmesg;			/* Error messages */
 const char *myisam_recover_options_str="OFF";
+const char *myisam_stats_method_str="nulls_inequal";
 /* name of reference on left espression in rewritten IN subquery */
 const char *in_left_expr_name= "<left expr>";
 /* name of additional condition */
@@ -4358,6 +4359,7 @@ enum options_mysqld
   OPT_MAX_ERROR_COUNT, OPT_MULTI_RANGE_COUNT, OPT_MYISAM_DATA_POINTER_SIZE,
   OPT_MYISAM_BLOCK_SIZE, OPT_MYISAM_MAX_EXTRA_SORT_FILE_SIZE,
   OPT_MYISAM_MAX_SORT_FILE_SIZE, OPT_MYISAM_SORT_BUFFER_SIZE,
+  OPT_MYISAM_STATS_METHOD,
   OPT_NET_BUFFER_LENGTH, OPT_NET_RETRY_COUNT,
   OPT_NET_READ_TIMEOUT, OPT_NET_WRITE_TIMEOUT,
   OPT_OPEN_FILES_LIMIT,
@@ -5513,6 +5515,11 @@ The minimum value for this variable is 4096.",
    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.myisam_sort_buff_size,
    (gptr*) &max_system_variables.myisam_sort_buff_size, 0,
    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 8192*1024, 4, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
+  {"myisam_stats_method", OPT_MYISAM_STATS_METHOD,
+   "Specifies how MyISAM index statistics collection code should threat NULLs. "
+   "Possible values of name are \"nulls_inequal\" (default behavior for 4.1/5.0), and \"nulls_equal\" (emulate 4.0 behavior).",
+   (gptr*) &myisam_stats_method_str, (gptr*) &myisam_stats_method_str, 0,
+    GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"net_buffer_length", OPT_NET_BUFFER_LENGTH,
    "Buffer length for TCP/IP and socket communication.",
    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.net_buffer_length,
@@ -6096,6 +6103,7 @@ static void mysql_init_variables(void)
   query_id= thread_id= 1L;
   strmov(server_version, MYSQL_SERVER_VERSION);
   myisam_recover_options_str= sql_mode_str= "OFF";
+  myisam_stats_method_str= "nulls_inequal";
   my_bind_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
   threads.empty();
   thread_cache.empty();
@@ -6145,6 +6153,12 @@ static void mysql_init_variables(void)
   max_system_variables.max_join_size=   (ulonglong) HA_POS_ERROR;
   global_system_variables.old_passwords= 0;
   
+  /*
+    Default behavior for 4.1 and 5.0 is to treat NULL values as inequal
+    when collecting index statistics for MyISAM tables.
+  */
+  global_system_variables.myisam_stats_method= MI_STATS_METHOD_NULLS_NOT_EQUAL;
+
   /* Variables that depends on compile options */
 #ifndef DBUG_OFF
   default_dbug_option=IF_WIN("d:t:i:O,\\mysqld.trace",
@@ -6753,6 +6767,16 @@ get_one_option(int optid, const struct my_option *opt __attribute__((unused)),
       fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option to tc-heuristic-recover: %s\n",argument);
       exit(1);
     }
+  case OPT_MYISAM_STATS_METHOD:
+  {
+    myisam_stats_method_str= argument;
+    int method;
+    if ((method=find_type(argument, &myisam_stats_method_typelib, 2)) <= 0)
+    {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Invalid value of myisam_stats_method: %s.\n", argument);
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    global_system_variables.myisam_stats_method= method;
     break;
   }
   case OPT_SQL_MODE:

sql/set_var.cc

@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ sys_var_long_ptr	sys_myisam_data_pointer_size("myisam_data_pointer_size",
 sys_var_thd_ulonglong	sys_myisam_max_sort_file_size("myisam_max_sort_file_size", &SV::myisam_max_sort_file_size, fix_myisam_max_sort_file_size, 1);
 sys_var_thd_ulong       sys_myisam_repair_threads("myisam_repair_threads", &SV::myisam_repair_threads);
 sys_var_thd_ulong	sys_myisam_sort_buffer_size("myisam_sort_buffer_size", &SV::myisam_sort_buff_size);
+
+sys_var_thd_enum        sys_myisam_stats_method("myisam_stats_method",
+                                                &SV::myisam_stats_method,
+                                                &myisam_stats_method_typelib,
+                                                NULL);
+
 sys_var_thd_ulong	sys_net_buffer_length("net_buffer_length",
 					      &SV::net_buffer_length);
 sys_var_thd_ulong	sys_net_read_timeout("net_read_timeout",
@@ -630,6 +636,7 @@ sys_var *sys_variables[]=
   &sys_myisam_max_sort_file_size,
   &sys_myisam_repair_threads,
   &sys_myisam_sort_buffer_size,
+  &sys_myisam_stats_method,
   &sys_net_buffer_length,
   &sys_net_read_timeout,
   &sys_net_retry_count,
@@ -896,6 +903,9 @@ struct show_var_st init_vars[]= {
   {sys_myisam_repair_threads.name, (char*) &sys_myisam_repair_threads,
    SHOW_SYS},
   {sys_myisam_sort_buffer_size.name, (char*) &sys_myisam_sort_buffer_size, SHOW_SYS},
+  
+  {sys_myisam_stats_method.name, (char*) &sys_myisam_stats_method, SHOW_SYS},
+  
 #ifdef __NT__
   {"named_pipe",	      (char*) &opt_enable_named_pipe,       SHOW_MY_BOOL},
 #endif

sql/sql_class.h

@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ struct system_variables
   ulong multi_range_count;
   ulong myisam_repair_threads;
   ulong myisam_sort_buff_size;
+  ulong myisam_stats_method;
   ulong net_buffer_length;
   ulong net_interactive_timeout;
   ulong net_read_timeout;

sql/sql_load.cc

@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ bool mysql_load(THD *thd,sql_exchange *ex,TABLE_LIST *table_list,
 	       MYF(0));
     DBUG_RETURN(TRUE);
   }
+  /*
+    This needs to be done before external_lock
+  */
+  ha_enable_transaction(thd, FALSE); 
   if (open_and_lock_tables(thd, table_list))
     DBUG_RETURN(TRUE);
   if (setup_tables(thd, &thd->lex->select_lex.context,
@@ -352,7 +356,6 @@ bool mysql_load(THD *thd,sql_exchange *ex,TABLE_LIST *table_list,
     if (ignore ||
 	handle_duplicates == DUP_REPLACE)
       table->file->extra(HA_EXTRA_IGNORE_DUP_KEY);
-    ha_enable_transaction(thd, FALSE); 
     table->file->start_bulk_insert((ha_rows) 0);
     table->copy_blobs=1;
 
@@ -372,10 +375,10 @@ bool mysql_load(THD *thd,sql_exchange *ex,TABLE_LIST *table_list,
 			    *enclosed, skip_lines, ignore);
     if (table->file->end_bulk_insert())
       error=1;					/* purecov: inspected */
-    ha_enable_transaction(thd, TRUE);
     table->file->extra(HA_EXTRA_NO_IGNORE_DUP_KEY);
     table->next_number_field=0;
   }
+  ha_enable_transaction(thd, TRUE);
   if (file >= 0)
     my_close(file,MYF(0));
   free_blobs(table);				/* if pack_blob was used */