Bug #13453036 ERROR CODE 1118: ROW SIZE TOO LARGE - EVEN

THOUGH IT IS NOT.

The following error message is misleading because it claims 
that the BLOB space is not counted.  

"ERROR 1118 (42000): Row size too large. The maximum row size for 
the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 8126. You have to 
change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs"

When the ROW_FORMAT=compact or ROW_FORMAT=REDUNDANT is used,
the BLOB prefix is stored inline along with the row.  So 
the above error message is changed as follows depending on
the row format used:

For ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED or ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC, the error
message is as follows:

"ERROR 42000: Row size too large (> 8126). Changing some
columns to TEXT or BLOB may help. In current row format, 
BLOB prefix of 0 bytes is stored inline."

For ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT or ROW_FORMAT=REDUNDANT, the error
message is as follows:

"ERROR 42000: Row size too large (> 8126). Changing some
columns to TEXT or BLOB or using ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC or 
ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED may help. In current row
format, BLOB prefix of 768 bytes is stored inline."

rb://1252 approved by Marko Makela

mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/r/innodb-index.result

@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ PRIMARY KEY (b(10), a), INDEX (c(10))
 INSERT INTO bug12547647 VALUES (5,repeat('khdfo5AlOq',1900),repeat('g',7731));
 COMMIT;
 UPDATE bug12547647 SET c = REPEAT('b',16928);
-ERROR 42000: Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 8126. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs
+ERROR 42000: Row size too large (> 8126). Changing some columns to TEXT or BLOB may help. In current row format, BLOB prefix of 0 bytes is stored inline.
 DROP TABLE bug12547647;
 SET @r=REPEAT('a',500);
 CREATE TABLE t1(a INT,

mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/r/innodb-zip.result

@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@ CREATE TABLE t1(
 c TEXT NOT NULL, d TEXT NOT NULL,
 PRIMARY KEY (c(767),d(767)))
 ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED KEY_BLOCK_SIZE=1 CHARSET=ASCII;
-ERROR 42000: Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 8126. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs
+ERROR 42000: Row size too large (> 8126). Changing some columns to TEXT or BLOB may help. In current row format, BLOB prefix of 0 bytes is stored inline.
 CREATE TABLE t1(
 c TEXT NOT NULL, d TEXT NOT NULL,
 PRIMARY KEY (c(767),d(767)))
 ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED KEY_BLOCK_SIZE=2 CHARSET=ASCII;
-ERROR 42000: Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 8126. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs
+ERROR 42000: Row size too large (> 8126). Changing some columns to TEXT or BLOB may help. In current row format, BLOB prefix of 0 bytes is stored inline.
 CREATE TABLE t1(
 c TEXT NOT NULL, d TEXT NOT NULL,
 PRIMARY KEY (c(767),d(767)))
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED KEY_BLOCK_SIZE=4 CHARSET=ASCII;
 drop table t1;
 CREATE TABLE t1(c TEXT, PRIMARY KEY (c(440)))
 ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED KEY_BLOCK_SIZE=1 CHARSET=ASCII;
-ERROR 42000: Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 8126. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs
+ERROR 42000: Row size too large (> 8126). Changing some columns to TEXT or BLOB may help. In current row format, BLOB prefix of 0 bytes is stored inline.
 CREATE TABLE t1(c TEXT, PRIMARY KEY (c(438)))
 ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED KEY_BLOCK_SIZE=1 CHARSET=ASCII;
 INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(REPEAT('A',512)),(REPEAT('B',512));

mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/r/innodb.result

@@ -3151,7 +3151,7 @@ c21 CHAR(255), c22 CHAR(255), c23 CHAR(255), c24 CHAR(255),
 c25 CHAR(255), c26 CHAR(255), c27 CHAR(255), c28 CHAR(255),
 c29 CHAR(255), c30 CHAR(255), c31 CHAR(255), c32 CHAR(255)
 ) ENGINE = InnoDB;
-ERROR 42000: Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 8126. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs
+ERROR 42000: Row size too large (> 8126). Changing some columns to TEXT or BLOB or using ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC or ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED may help. In current row format, BLOB prefix of 768 bytes is stored inline.
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
 Warnings:
 Note	1051	Unknown table 't1'

mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/r/innodb_bug53591.result

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ERROR HY000: Too big row
 SHOW WARNINGS;
 Level	Code	Message
 Error	139	Too big row
-Error	1118	Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 8126. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs
+Error	1118	Row size too large (> 8126). Changing some columns to TEXT or BLOB may help. In current row format, BLOB prefix of 0 bytes is stored inline.
 Error	1030	Got error 139 from storage engine
 DROP TABLE bug53591;
 SET GLOBAL innodb_file_format=Antelope;

mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/r/innodb_misc1.result

@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ c21 CHAR(255), c22 CHAR(255), c23 CHAR(255), c24 CHAR(255),
 c25 CHAR(255), c26 CHAR(255), c27 CHAR(255), c28 CHAR(255),
 c29 CHAR(255), c30 CHAR(255), c31 CHAR(255), c32 CHAR(255)
 ) ENGINE = InnoDB;
-ERROR 42000: Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 8126. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs
+ERROR 42000: Row size too large (> 8126). Changing some columns to TEXT or BLOB or using ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC or ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED may help. In current row format, BLOB prefix of 768 bytes is stored inline.
 SET innodb_strict_mode=OFF;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
 Warnings:

storage/innodb_plugin/handler/ha_innodb.cc

@@ -877,11 +877,23 @@ convert_error_code_to_mysql(
 	case DB_TABLE_NOT_FOUND:
 		return(HA_ERR_NO_SUCH_TABLE);
 
-	case DB_TOO_BIG_RECORD:
-		my_error(ER_TOO_BIG_ROWSIZE, MYF(0),
-			 page_get_free_space_of_empty(flags
-						      & DICT_TF_COMPACT) / 2);
+	case DB_TOO_BIG_RECORD: {
+		/* If prefix is true then a 768-byte prefix is stored
+		locally for BLOB fields. Refer to dict_table_get_format() */
+		bool prefix = ((flags & DICT_TF_FORMAT_MASK)
+		 	       >> DICT_TF_FORMAT_SHIFT) < UNIV_FORMAT_B;
+		my_printf_error(ER_TOO_BIG_ROWSIZE,
+			"Row size too large (> %lu). Changing some columns "
+			"to TEXT or BLOB %smay help. In current row "
+			"format, BLOB prefix of %d bytes is stored inline.",
+			MYF(0),
+			page_get_free_space_of_empty(flags &
+				DICT_TF_COMPACT) / 2,
+			prefix ? "or using ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC "
+			"or ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED ": "",
+			prefix ? DICT_MAX_INDEX_COL_LEN : 0);
 		return(HA_ERR_TO_BIG_ROW);
+	}
 
 	case DB_NO_SAVEPOINT:
 		return(HA_ERR_NO_SAVEPOINT);

storage/innodb_plugin/include/univ.i

@@ -267,6 +267,24 @@ management to ensure correct alignment for doubles etc. */
 			========================
 */
 
+/** There are currently two InnoDB file formats which are used to group
+features with similar restrictions and dependencies. Using an enum allows
+switch statements to give a compiler warning when a new one is introduced. */
+enum innodb_file_formats_enum {
+	/** Antelope File Format: InnoDB/MySQL up to 5.1.
+	This format includes REDUNDANT and COMPACT row formats */
+	UNIV_FORMAT_A		= 0,
+
+	/** Barracuda File Format: Introduced in InnoDB plugin for 5.1:
+	This format includes COMPRESSED and DYNAMIC row formats.  It
+	includes the ability to create secondary indexes from data that
+	is not on the clustered index page and the ability to store more
+	data off the clustered index page. */
+	UNIV_FORMAT_B		= 1
+};
+
+typedef enum innodb_file_formats_enum innodb_file_formats_t;
+
 /* The 2-logarithm of UNIV_PAGE_SIZE: */
 #define UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT	14
 /* The universal page size of the database */