Now several character sets can live in the same table,

However some hacks were used while waiting for new FRM file

sql/field.h

@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ class Field_str :public Field {
   void make_field(Send_field *);
   uint size_of() const { return sizeof(*this); }
   inline CHARSET_INFO *charset() const { return field_charset; }
+  inline void set_charset(CHARSET_INFO *charset) { field_charset=charset; }
   inline int cmp_image(char *buff,uint length)
     {
       if (binary())

sql/filesort.cc

@@ -77,10 +77,18 @@ ha_rows filesort(TABLE *table, SORT_FIELD *sortorder, uint s_length,
   SORTPARAM param;
   DBUG_ENTER("filesort");
   DBUG_EXECUTE("info",TEST_filesort(sortorder,s_length,special););
+  CHARSET_INFO *charset=table->table_charset;
+  uint i;
 #ifdef SKIP_DBUG_IN_FILESORT
   DBUG_PUSH("");		/* No DBUG here */
 #endif
 
+  // BAR TODO: this is not absolutely correct, but OK for now
+  for(i=0;i<table->fields;i++)
+    if (!table->field[i]->binary())
+      charset=((Field_str*)(table->field[i]))->charset();
+  // /BAR TODO
+
   outfile= table->io_cache;
   my_b_clear(&tempfile);
   my_b_clear(&buffpek_pointers);
@@ -129,7 +137,7 @@ ha_rows filesort(TABLE *table, SORT_FIELD *sortorder, uint s_length,
     records=param.max_rows;			/* purecov: inspected */
 
 #ifdef USE_STRCOLL
-  if (use_strcoll(default_charset_info) &&
+  if (use_strcoll(charset) &&
       !(param.tmp_buffer=my_malloc(param.sort_length,MYF(MY_WME))))
     goto err;
 #endif

sql/ha_heap.cc

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int ha_heap::open(const char *name, int mode, uint test_if_locked)
       seg->start=   (uint) key_part->offset;
       seg->length=  (uint) key_part->length;
       seg->flag =   0;
-      seg->charset= default_charset_info;
+      seg->charset= field->binary() ? NULL : ((Field_str*)field)->charset();
       if (field->null_ptr)
       {
 	seg->null_bit= field->null_bit;

sql/table.cc

@@ -341,6 +341,15 @@ int openfrm(const char *name, const char *alias, uint db_stat, uint prgflag,
 			 (hash_get_key) get_field_name,0,
 			 HASH_CASE_INSENSITIVE);
 
+// BAR: dirty hack while waiting for new FRM
+// BAR: take a charset information from table name
+{
+  const char* csname=strstr(alias,"_cs_");
+  if(!csname || 
+     !(outparam->table_charset=get_charset_by_name(csname+4,MYF(MY_WME))))
+    outparam->table_charset=default_charset_info;
+}
+
   for (i=0 ; i < outparam->fields; i++, strpos+= 11, field_ptr++)
   {
     uint pack_flag= uint2korr(strpos+6);
@@ -357,6 +366,18 @@ int openfrm(const char *name, const char *alias, uint db_stat, uint prgflag,
 		  (TYPELIB*) 0),
 		 outparam->fieldnames.type_names[i],
 		 outparam);
+    if (!reg_field->binary())
+    {
+      // BAR: dirty hack while waiting for new FRM
+      // BAR: take a charset information from field name
+
+      Field_str* str_field=(Field_str*)reg_field;
+      const char* csname=strstr(str_field->field_name,"_cs_");
+      CHARSET_INFO *fcs;
+      if (!csname || (!(fcs=get_charset_by_name(csname+4,MYF(MY_WME)))))
+        fcs=outparam->table_charset;
+      str_field->set_charset(fcs);
+    }
     if (!(reg_field->flags & NOT_NULL_FLAG))
     {
       if ((null_bit<<=1) == 256)

sql/table.h

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ struct st_table {
         *rowid_field;
   Field_timestamp *timestamp_field;
   my_string comment;			/* Comment about table */
+  CHARSET_INFO *table_charset;		/* Default charset of string fields */
   REGINFO reginfo;			/* field connections */
   MEM_ROOT mem_root;
   GRANT_INFO grant;