Merge sanja.is.com.ua:/home/bell/mysql/bk/mysql-4.1

into  sanja.is.com.ua:/home/bell/mysql/bk/work-merge1-5.0

mysql-test/r/query_cache.result

@@ -850,6 +850,31 @@ group_concat(a)
 set group_concat_max_len=default;
 drop table t1;
 create table t1 (a int);
+flush status;
+(select a from t1) union (select a from t1);
+a
+show status like "Qcache_queries_in_cache";
+Variable_name	Value
+Qcache_queries_in_cache	1
+show status like "Qcache_inserts";
+Variable_name	Value
+Qcache_inserts	1
+show status like "Qcache_hits";
+Variable_name	Value
+Qcache_hits	0
+(select a from t1) union (select a from t1);
+a
+show status like "Qcache_queries_in_cache";
+Variable_name	Value
+Qcache_queries_in_cache	1
+show status like "Qcache_inserts";
+Variable_name	Value
+Qcache_inserts	1
+show status like "Qcache_hits";
+Variable_name	Value
+Qcache_hits	1
+drop table t1;
+create table t1 (a int);
 show status like "Qcache_queries_in_cache";
 Variable_name	Value
 Qcache_queries_in_cache	0

mysql-test/t/query_cache.test

@@ -742,6 +742,21 @@ show status like "Qcache_inserts";
 show status like "Qcache_hits";
 drop table t1;
 
+#
+# BUG#14652: Queries with leading '(' characters.
+#
+create table t1 (a int);
+flush status;
+(select a from t1) union (select a from t1);
+show status like "Qcache_queries_in_cache";
+show status like "Qcache_inserts";
+show status like "Qcache_hits";
+(select a from t1) union (select a from t1);
+show status like "Qcache_queries_in_cache";
+show status like "Qcache_inserts";
+show status like "Qcache_hits";
+drop table t1;
+
 #
 # SP cursors and selects with query cache (BUG#9715)
 #

sql/sql_cache.cc

@@ -977,22 +977,32 @@ Query_cache::send_result_to_client(THD *thd, char *sql, uint query_length)
     goto err;
   }
 
+  {
+    uint i= 0;
+    /*
+      Skip '(' characters in queries like following:
+      (select a from t1) union (select a from t1);
+    */
+    while (sql[i]=='(')
+      i++;
+
     /*
       Test if the query is a SELECT
-    (pre-space is removed in dispatch_command).
+      (pre-space is removed in dispatch_command)
 
       First '/' looks like comment before command it is not
       frequently appeared in real lihe, consequently we can
       check all such queries, too.
     */
-  if ((my_toupper(system_charset_info, sql[0]) != 'S' || 
-       my_toupper(system_charset_info, sql[1]) != 'E' ||
-       my_toupper(system_charset_info,sql[2]) !='L') &&
-      sql[0] != '/')
+    if ((my_toupper(system_charset_info, sql[i])     != 'S' ||
+         my_toupper(system_charset_info, sql[i + 1]) != 'E' ||
+         my_toupper(system_charset_info, sql[i + 2]) != 'L') &&
+        sql[i] != '/')
     {
       DBUG_PRINT("qcache", ("The statement is not a SELECT; Not cached"));
       goto err;
     }
+  }
 
   STRUCT_LOCK(&structure_guard_mutex);
   if (query_cache_size == 0)