Merge rburnett@bk-internal.mysql.com:/home/bk/mysql-4.1

into  linux.site:/home/reggie/bk/bug7142


mysql-test/r/ps_2myisam.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/ps_3innodb.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/ps_4heap.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/ps_5merge.result:
  Auto merged
sql/item.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_show.cc:
  Auto merged
tests/mysql_client_test.c:
  Auto merged

mysql-test/r/ps_1general.result

@@ -470,12 +470,12 @@ def					id	8	3	1	N	32929	0	63
 def					select_type	253	19	6	N	1	31	8
 def					table	253	64	2	Y	0	31	8
 def					type	253	10	3	Y	0	31	8
-def					possible_keys	253	4096	0	Y	0	31	8
+def					possible_keys	252	4096	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					key	253	64	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					key_len	8	3	0	Y	32928	0	63
-def					ref	253	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
+def					ref	252	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					rows	8	10	1	Y	32928	0	63
-def					Extra	253	255	14	N	1	31	8
+def					Extra	252	255	14	N	1	31	8
 id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
 1	SIMPLE	t1	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	4	Using filesort
 SET @arg00=1 ;
@@ -486,12 +486,12 @@ def					id	8	3	1	N	32929	0	63
 def					select_type	253	19	6	N	1	31	8
 def					table	253	64	2	Y	0	31	8
 def					type	253	10	5	Y	0	31	8
-def					possible_keys	253	4096	7	Y	0	31	8
+def					possible_keys	252	4096	7	Y	0	31	8
 def					key	253	64	7	Y	0	31	8
 def					key_len	8	3	1	Y	32928	0	63
-def					ref	253	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
+def					ref	252	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					rows	8	10	1	Y	32928	0	63
-def					Extra	253	255	27	N	1	31	8
+def					Extra	252	255	27	N	1	31	8
 id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
 1	SIMPLE	t1	range	PRIMARY	PRIMARY	4	NULL	3	Using where; Using filesort
 drop table if exists t2;

mysql-test/r/ps_2myisam.result

@@ -1153,12 +1153,12 @@ def					id	8	3	1	N	32929	0	63
 def					select_type	253	19	6	N	1	31	8
 def					table	253	64	2	Y	0	31	8
 def					type	253	10	3	Y	0	31	8
-def					possible_keys	253	4096	0	Y	0	31	8
+def					possible_keys	252	4096	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					key	253	64	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					key_len	8	3	0	Y	32928	0	63
-def					ref	253	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
+def					ref	252	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					rows	8	10	1	Y	32928	0	63
-def					Extra	253	255	0	N	1	31	8
+def					Extra	252	255	0	N	1	31	8
 id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
 1	SIMPLE	t9	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	
 drop table if exists t2 ;

mysql-test/r/ps_3innodb.result

@@ -1153,12 +1153,12 @@ def					id	8	3	1	N	32929	0	63
 def					select_type	253	19	6	N	1	31	8
 def					table	253	64	2	Y	0	31	8
 def					type	253	10	3	Y	0	31	8
-def					possible_keys	253	4096	0	Y	0	31	8
+def					possible_keys	252	4096	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					key	253	64	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					key_len	8	3	0	Y	32928	0	63
-def					ref	253	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
+def					ref	252	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					rows	8	10	1	Y	32928	0	63
-def					Extra	253	255	0	N	1	31	8
+def					Extra	252	255	0	N	1	31	8
 id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
 1	SIMPLE	t9	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	
 test_sequence

mysql-test/r/ps_4heap.result

@@ -1154,12 +1154,12 @@ def					id	8	3	1	N	32929	0	63
 def					select_type	253	19	6	N	1	31	8
 def					table	253	64	2	Y	0	31	8
 def					type	253	10	3	Y	0	31	8
-def					possible_keys	253	4096	0	Y	0	31	8
+def					possible_keys	252	4096	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					key	253	64	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					key_len	8	3	0	Y	32928	0	63
-def					ref	253	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
+def					ref	252	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					rows	8	10	1	Y	32928	0	63
-def					Extra	253	255	0	N	1	31	8
+def					Extra	252	255	0	N	1	31	8
 id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
 1	SIMPLE	t9	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	
 test_sequence

mysql-test/r/ps_5merge.result

@@ -1196,12 +1196,12 @@ def					id	8	3	1	N	32929	0	63
 def					select_type	253	19	6	N	1	31	8
 def					table	253	64	2	Y	0	31	8
 def					type	253	10	3	Y	0	31	8
-def					possible_keys	253	4096	0	Y	0	31	8
+def					possible_keys	252	4096	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					key	253	64	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					key_len	8	3	0	Y	32928	0	63
-def					ref	253	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
+def					ref	252	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					rows	8	10	1	Y	32928	0	63
-def					Extra	253	255	0	N	1	31	8
+def					Extra	252	255	0	N	1	31	8
 id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
 1	SIMPLE	t9	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	
 test_sequence
@@ -4210,12 +4210,12 @@ def					id	8	3	1	N	32929	0	63
 def					select_type	253	19	6	N	1	31	8
 def					table	253	64	2	Y	0	31	8
 def					type	253	10	3	Y	0	31	8
-def					possible_keys	253	4096	0	Y	0	31	8
+def					possible_keys	252	4096	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					key	253	64	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					key_len	8	3	0	Y	32928	0	63
-def					ref	253	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
+def					ref	252	1024	0	Y	0	31	8
 def					rows	8	10	1	Y	32928	0	63
-def					Extra	253	255	0	N	1	31	8
+def					Extra	252	255	0	N	1	31	8
 id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
 1	SIMPLE	t9	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	
 test_sequence

sql/item.cc

@@ -1772,7 +1772,14 @@ void Item::make_field(Send_field *tmp_field)
 
 void Item_empty_string::make_field(Send_field *tmp_field)
 {
-  init_make_field(tmp_field,FIELD_TYPE_VAR_STRING);
+  enum_field_types type = FIELD_TYPE_VAR_STRING;  
+  if (max_length >= 16777216)    
+    type = FIELD_TYPE_LONG_BLOB;  
+  else if (max_length >= 65536)    
+    type = FIELD_TYPE_MEDIUM_BLOB;  
+  else if (max_length >= 256)    
+    type = FIELD_TYPE_BLOB;  
+  init_make_field(tmp_field, type);
 }
 
 

sql/sql_show.cc

@@ -638,6 +638,30 @@ int mysqld_extend_show_tables(THD *thd,const char *db,const char *wild)
   DBUG_RETURN(0);
 }
 
+/*
+returns the length of the longest type on the given table.
+This is used so that show fields will return the data using the proper 
+lengths instead of forcing columns such as type to always return with a 
+given length.
+*/
+uint get_longest_type_in_table(TABLE *table, const char *wild)
+{  
+  Field **ptr,*field;  
+  char tmp[MAX_FIELD_WIDTH];  
+  uint max_len = 0;  
+
+  for (ptr=table->field; (field= *ptr); ptr++)  
+  {    
+    if (!wild || !wild[0] ||         
+        !wild_case_compare(system_charset_info, field->field_name,wild))    
+    {
+      String type(tmp,sizeof(tmp), system_charset_info);      
+      field->sql_type(type);      
+      max_len = max(max_len, type.length());     
+    }  
+  }  
+  return max_len;
+}
 
 /***************************************************************************
 ** List all columns in a table_list->real_name
@@ -667,9 +691,14 @@ mysqld_show_fields(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *table_list,const char *wild,
 #ifndef NO_EMBEDDED_ACCESS_CHECKS
   (void) get_table_grant(thd, table_list);
 #endif
+
+  /* we scan for the longest since long enum types can exceed 40 */
+  uint max_len = get_longest_type_in_table(table, wild);
+
   List<Item> field_list;
   field_list.push_back(new Item_empty_string("Field",NAME_LEN));
-  field_list.push_back(new Item_empty_string("Type",40));
+  field_list.push_back(new Item_empty_string("Type",
+	max_len > 40 ? max_len : 40));
   if (verbose)
     field_list.push_back(new Item_empty_string("Collation",40));
   field_list.push_back(new Item_empty_string("Null",1));

tests/mysql_client_test.c

@@ -7181,7 +7181,7 @@ static void test_explain_bug()
   verify_prepare_field(result, 3, "type", "", MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING,
                        "", "", "", 10, 0);
 
-  verify_prepare_field(result, 4, "possible_keys", "", MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING,
+  verify_prepare_field(result, 4, "possible_keys", "", MYSQL_TYPE_BLOB,
                        "", "", "", NAME_LEN*64, 0);
 
   verify_prepare_field(result, 5, "key", "", MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING,
@@ -7194,13 +7194,13 @@ static void test_explain_bug()
                        (mysql_get_server_version(mysql) <= 50000 ? 3 : 4096),
                        0);
 
-  verify_prepare_field(result, 7, "ref", "", MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING,
+  verify_prepare_field(result, 7, "ref", "", MYSQL_TYPE_BLOB,
                        "", "", "", NAME_LEN*16, 0);
 
   verify_prepare_field(result, 8, "rows", "", MYSQL_TYPE_LONGLONG,
                        "", "", "", 10, 0);
 
-  verify_prepare_field(result, 9, "Extra", "", MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING,
+  verify_prepare_field(result, 9, "Extra", "", MYSQL_TYPE_BLOB,
                        "", "", "", 255, 0);
 
   mysql_free_result(result);