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    BUG#53893: RBR: nullable unique key can lead to out-of-sync slave · 1b276744
    Luis Soares authored
    When using Unique Keys with nullable parts in RBR, the slave can
    choose the wrong row to update. This happens because a table with
    an unique key containing nullable parts cannot strictly guarantee 
    uniqueness. As stated in the manual, for all engines, a UNIQUE 
    index allows multiple NULL values for columns that can contain 
    NULL.
    
    We fix this at the slave by extending the checks before assuming
    that the row found through an unique index is is the correct
    one. This means that when a record (R) is fetched from the storage
    engine and a key that is not primary (K) is used, the server does 
    the following: 
    
     - If K is unique and has no nullable parts, it returns R;
     - Otherwise, if any field in the before image that is part of K
       is null do an index scan;
     - If there is no NULL field in the BI part of K, then return R.
    
    A side change: renamed the existing test case file and added a
    test case covering the changes in this patch.
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