BUG#25729 - boolean full text search is confused by NULLs produced by

            LEFT JOIN
Fixed that in certain situations MATCH ... AGAINST returns false hits
for NULLs produced by LEFT JOIN when there is no fulltext index
available.

mysql-test/r/fulltext_left_join.result

@@ -90,3 +90,10 @@ id	link	name	relevance
 1	1	string	0
 2	0	string	0
 DROP TABLE t1,t2;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT);
+CREATE TABLE t2 (b INT, c TEXT, KEY(b));
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1);
+INSERT INTO t2(b,c) VALUES(2,'castle'),(3,'castle');
+SELECT * FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON a=b WHERE MATCH(c) AGAINST('+castle' IN BOOLEAN MODE);
+a	b	c
+DROP TABLE t1, t2;

mysql-test/t/fulltext_left_join.test

@@ -87,3 +87,14 @@ SELECT t1.*, MATCH(t1.name) AGAINST('string') AS relevance
 DROP TABLE t1,t2;
 
 # End of 4.1 tests
+
+#
+# BUG#25729 - boolean full text search is confused by NULLs produced by LEFT
+#             JOIN
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT);
+CREATE TABLE t2 (b INT, c TEXT, KEY(b));
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1);
+INSERT INTO t2(b,c) VALUES(2,'castle'),(3,'castle');
+SELECT * FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON a=b WHERE MATCH(c) AGAINST('+castle' IN BOOLEAN MODE);
+DROP TABLE t1, t2;

sql/item_func.cc

@@ -4597,14 +4597,14 @@ void Item_func_match::init_search(bool no_order)
     fields.push_back(new Item_string(" ",1, cmp_collation.collation));
     for (uint i=1; i < arg_count; i++)
       fields.push_back(args[i]);
-    concat=new Item_func_concat_ws(fields);
+    concat_ws=new Item_func_concat_ws(fields);
     /*
       Above function used only to get value and do not need fix_fields for it:
       Item_string - basic constant
       fields - fix_fields() was already called for this arguments
       Item_func_concat_ws - do not need fix_fields() to produce value
     */
-    concat->quick_fix_field();
+    concat_ws->quick_fix_field();
   }
 
   if (master)
@@ -4819,8 +4819,8 @@ double Item_func_match::val_real()
 
   if (key == NO_SUCH_KEY)
   {
-    String *a= concat->val_str(&value);
-    if ((null_value= (a == 0)))
+    String *a= concat_ws->val_str(&value);
+    if ((null_value= (a == 0)) || !a->length())
       DBUG_RETURN(0);
     DBUG_RETURN(ft_handler->please->find_relevance(ft_handler,
 				      (byte *)a->ptr(), a->length()));

sql/item_func.h

@@ -1308,12 +1308,12 @@ class Item_func_match :public Item_real_func
   FT_INFO *ft_handler;
   TABLE *table;
   Item_func_match *master;   // for master-slave optimization
-  Item *concat;              // Item_func_concat_ws
-  String value;              // value of concat
+  Item *concat_ws;           // Item_func_concat_ws
+  String value;              // value of concat_ws
   String search_value;       // key_item()'s value converted to cmp_collation
 
   Item_func_match(List<Item> &a, uint b): Item_real_func(a), key(0), flags(b),
-       join_key(0), ft_handler(0), table(0), master(0), concat(0) { }
+       join_key(0), ft_handler(0), table(0), master(0), concat_ws(0) { }
   void cleanup()
   {
     DBUG_ENTER("Item_func_match");
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ class Item_func_match :public Item_real_func
     if (!master && ft_handler)
       ft_handler->please->close_search(ft_handler);
     ft_handler= 0;
-    concat= 0;
+    concat_ws= 0;
     DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
   }
   enum Functype functype() const { return FT_FUNC; }