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    Fix for bug #57985 "ONLINE/FAST ALTER PARTITION can fail and · 5db42449
    Dmitry Lenev authored
    leave the table unusable".
     
    Failing ALTER statement on partitioned table could have left
    this table in an unusable state. This has happened in cases
    when ALTER was executed using "fast" algorithm, which doesn't 
    involve copying of data between old and new versions of table, 
    and the resulting new table was incompatible with partitioning
    function in some way.
     
    The problem stems from the fact that discrepancies between new 
    table definition and partitioning function are discovered only 
    when the table is opened. In case of "fast" algorithm this has
    happened too late during ALTER's execution, at the moment when
    all changes were already done and couldn't have been reverted.
     
    In the cases when "slow" algorithm, which copies data, is used 
    such discrepancies are detected at the moment new table
    definition is opened implicitly when new version of table is
    created in storage engine. As result ALTER is aborted before 
    any changes to table were done.
     
    This fix tries to address this issue by ensuring that "fast"
    algorithm behaves similarly to "slow" algorithm and checks
    compatibility between new definition and partitioning function 
    by trying to open new definition after .FRM file for it has 
    been created.
     
    Long term we probably should implement some way to check
    compatibility between partitioning function and new table
    definition which won't involve opening it, as this should
    allow much cleaner fix for this problem.
    
    mysql-test/r/partition_innodb.result:
      Added test for bug #57985 "ONLINE/FAST ALTER PARTITION can
      fail and leave the table unusable".
    mysql-test/t/partition_innodb.test:
      Added test for bug #57985 "ONLINE/FAST ALTER PARTITION can
      fail and leave the table unusable".
    sql/sql_table.cc:
      Ensure that in cases when .FRM for partitioned table is
      created without creating table in storage engine (e.g.
      during "fast" ALTER TABLE) we still open table definition. 
      This allows to check that definition of created table/.FRM 
      is compatible with its partitioning function.
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