diff --git a/include/heap.h b/include/heap.h
index cfbb6113f865579b6c9d6aad4b5cffa6f09010bb..4255ee52b18313fd9b7636795a6c5293904116d8 100644
--- a/include/heap.h
+++ b/include/heap.h
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ typedef struct st_heapinfo		/* Struct from heap_info */
   ulong records;			/* Records in database */
   ulong deleted;			/* Deleted records in database */
   ulong max_records;
-  ulong data_length;
-  ulong index_length;
+  ulonglong data_length;
+  ulonglong index_length;
   uint reclength;			/* Length of one record */
   int errkey;
   ulonglong auto_increment;
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ typedef struct st_heap_share
   HP_BLOCK block;
   HP_KEYDEF  *keydef;
   ulong min_records,max_records;	/* Params to open */
-  ulong data_length,index_length,max_table_size;
+  ulonglong data_length,index_length,max_table_size;
   uint key_stat_version;                /* version to indicate insert/delete */
   uint records;				/* records */
   uint blength;				/* records rounded up to 2^n */
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ typedef struct st_heap_create_info
 {
   uint auto_key;                        /* keynr [1 - maxkey] for auto key */
   uint auto_key_type;
-  ulong max_table_size;
+  ulonglong max_table_size;
   ulonglong auto_increment;
   my_bool with_auto_increment;
 } HP_CREATE_INFO;
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/show_check.result b/mysql-test/r/show_check.result
index 28cbdb169196e5e22615452f9badf915d6302f1e..0dfb7c95f9a48bdd86128d2d37166e4f0003b8c0 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/show_check.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/show_check.result
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ SET sql_quote_show_create= @old_sql_quote_show_create;
 SET sql_mode= @old_sql_mode;
 select @@max_heap_table_size;
 @@max_heap_table_size
-1047552
+1048576
 CREATE TABLE t1 (
 a int(11) default NULL,
 KEY a USING BTREE (a)
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/type_bit.result b/mysql-test/r/type_bit.result
index bd58e83bb3fbe5ad3423d50281cc7f5dabb26866..f3883077919f2abc608af05afceea0c3fb5e8c2a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/type_bit.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/type_bit.result
@@ -610,4 +610,12 @@ select hex(a), b from t1;
 hex(a)	b
 1	2
 drop table t1;
+create table t1(bit_field bit(2), int_field int, key a(bit_field));
+insert into t1 values (1,2);
+handler t1 open as t1;
+handler t1 read a=(1);
+bit_field	int_field
+	2
+handler t1 close;
+drop table t1;
 End of 5.0 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/type_bit.test b/mysql-test/t/type_bit.test
index d46ba667665e46406236dd2b7d538e98658d894a..48ad24ff6b7a18a0d34985470d56279e974831c4 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/type_bit.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/type_bit.test
@@ -261,4 +261,15 @@ insert into t1 (b, a) values ('2', '1');
 select hex(a), b from t1;
 drop table t1;
 
+#
+# type was not properly initalized, which caused key_copy to fail
+#
+
+create table t1(bit_field bit(2), int_field int, key a(bit_field));
+insert into t1 values (1,2);
+handler t1 open as t1;
+handler t1 read a=(1);
+handler t1 close;
+drop table t1;
+
 --echo End of 5.0 tests
diff --git a/sql/ha_heap.cc b/sql/ha_heap.cc
index 34ef888a0294089380c6e05ee63c78b78c06acec..3cf7593bd8a8a3cd8291ae19794542a3d21f7256 100644
--- a/sql/ha_heap.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_heap.cc
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ int ha_heap::create(const char *name, TABLE *table_arg,
   }
   mem_per_row+= MY_ALIGN(share->reclength + 1, sizeof(char*));
   max_rows = (ha_rows) (table->in_use->variables.max_heap_table_size /
-			mem_per_row);
+			(ulonglong) mem_per_row);
   if (table_arg->found_next_number_field)
   {
     keydef[share->next_number_index].flag|= HA_AUTO_KEY;
diff --git a/sql/item_sum.cc b/sql/item_sum.cc
index c2219aafd033ee8fb70048725616219d078db556..9de49df067c3d9def29ddc6ba378c391850463d1 100644
--- a/sql/item_sum.cc
+++ b/sql/item_sum.cc
@@ -3409,8 +3409,8 @@ bool Item_func_group_concat::setup(THD *thd)
       duplicate values (according to the syntax of this function). If there
       is no DISTINCT or ORDER BY clauses, we don't create this tree.
     */
-    init_tree(tree, min(thd->variables.max_heap_table_size,
-                        thd->variables.sortbuff_size/16), 0,
+    init_tree(tree, (uint) min(thd->variables.max_heap_table_size,
+                               thd->variables.sortbuff_size/16), 0,
               tree_key_length, compare_key, 0, NULL, (void*) this);
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 36a5605b507e2d26c51b284df7a5bc45cdf9c36f..dd483b0b158aae5e569ebba9cfa16e98eaf2769a 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
 #define IF_PURIFY(A,B) (B)
 #endif
 
+#if SIZEOF_CHARP == 4
+#define MAX_MEM_TABLE_SIZE ~(ulong) 0
+#else
+#define MAX_MEM_TABLE_SIZE ~(ulonglong) 0
+#endif
+
 /* stack traces are only supported on linux intel */
 #if defined(__linux__)  && defined(__i386__) && defined(USE_PSTACK)
 #define	HAVE_STACK_TRACE_ON_SEGV
@@ -5718,8 +5724,9 @@ The minimum value for this variable is 4096.",
   {"max_heap_table_size", OPT_MAX_HEP_TABLE_SIZE,
    "Don't allow creation of heap tables bigger than this.",
    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.max_heap_table_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.max_heap_table_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
-   REQUIRED_ARG, 16*1024*1024L, 16384, ~0L, MALLOC_OVERHEAD, 1024, 0},
+   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.max_heap_table_size, 0, GET_ULL,
+   REQUIRED_ARG, 16*1024*1024L, 16384, MAX_MEM_TABLE_SIZE,
+   MALLOC_OVERHEAD, 1024, 0},
   {"max_join_size", OPT_MAX_JOIN_SIZE,
    "Joins that are probably going to read more than max_join_size records return an error.",
    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.max_join_size,
@@ -5994,8 +6001,8 @@ The minimum value for this variable is 4096.",
   {"tmp_table_size", OPT_TMP_TABLE_SIZE,
    "If an in-memory temporary table exceeds this size, MySQL will automatically convert it to an on-disk MyISAM table.",
    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.tmp_table_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.tmp_table_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
-   REQUIRED_ARG, 32*1024*1024L, 1024, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
+   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.tmp_table_size, 0, GET_ULL,
+   REQUIRED_ARG, 32*1024*1024L, 1024, MAX_MEM_TABLE_SIZE, 0, 1, 0},
   {"transaction_alloc_block_size", OPT_TRANS_ALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE,
    "Allocation block size for transactions to be stored in binary log",
    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.trans_alloc_block_size,
diff --git a/sql/set_var.cc b/sql/set_var.cc
index 55c62a9a5a52db99fdb5e6026bf443d570575b5f..c3e93aae619fcb765b75c7e7e709435b1b6e1ff3 100644
--- a/sql/set_var.cc
+++ b/sql/set_var.cc
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ sys_var_thd_ulong	sys_max_delayed_threads("max_delayed_threads",
                                                 fix_max_connections);
 sys_var_thd_ulong	sys_max_error_count("max_error_count",
 					    &SV::max_error_count);
-sys_var_thd_ulong	sys_max_heap_table_size("max_heap_table_size",
+sys_var_thd_ulonglong	sys_max_heap_table_size("max_heap_table_size",
 						&SV::max_heap_table_size);
 sys_var_thd_ulong       sys_pseudo_thread_id("pseudo_thread_id",
 					     &SV::pseudo_thread_id,
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ sys_var_thd_enum	sys_tx_isolation("tx_isolation",
 					 &SV::tx_isolation,
 					 &tx_isolation_typelib,
 					 fix_tx_isolation);
-sys_var_thd_ulong	sys_tmp_table_size("tmp_table_size",
+sys_var_thd_ulonglong	sys_tmp_table_size("tmp_table_size",
 					   &SV::tmp_table_size);
 sys_var_bool_ptr  sys_timed_mutexes("timed_mutexes",
                                     &timed_mutexes);
diff --git a/sql/sql_class.h b/sql/sql_class.h
index 41845dc5c766de4ad4463eb46921f8a9c24369ea..9ad67524998a3ee215a0725ac05d0cf86e981a46 100644
--- a/sql/sql_class.h
+++ b/sql/sql_class.h
@@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ struct system_variables
 {
   ulonglong myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size;
   ulonglong myisam_max_sort_file_size;
+  ulonglong max_heap_table_size;
+  ulonglong tmp_table_size;
   ha_rows select_limit;
   ha_rows max_join_size;
   ulong auto_increment_increment, auto_increment_offset;
@@ -503,7 +505,6 @@ struct system_variables
   ulong long_query_time;
   ulong max_allowed_packet;
   ulong max_error_count;
-  ulong max_heap_table_size;
   ulong max_length_for_sort_data;
   ulong max_sort_length;
   ulong max_tmp_tables;
@@ -527,7 +528,6 @@ struct system_variables
   ulong div_precincrement;
   ulong sortbuff_size;
   ulong table_type;
-  ulong tmp_table_size;
   ulong tx_isolation;
   ulong completion_type;
   /* Determines which non-standard SQL behaviour should be enabled */
@@ -2074,7 +2074,8 @@ class user_var_entry
 class Unique :public Sql_alloc
 {
   DYNAMIC_ARRAY file_ptrs;
-  ulong max_elements, max_in_memory_size;
+  ulong max_elements;
+  ulonglong max_in_memory_size;
   IO_CACHE file;
   TREE tree;
   byte *record_pointers;
@@ -2084,7 +2085,7 @@ class Unique :public Sql_alloc
 public:
   ulong elements;
   Unique(qsort_cmp2 comp_func, void *comp_func_fixed_arg,
-	 uint size_arg, ulong max_in_memory_size_arg);
+	 uint size_arg, ulonglong max_in_memory_size_arg);
   ~Unique();
   ulong elements_in_tree() { return tree.elements_in_tree; }
   inline bool unique_add(void *ptr)
@@ -2098,13 +2099,13 @@ class Unique :public Sql_alloc
 
   bool get(TABLE *table);
   static double get_use_cost(uint *buffer, uint nkeys, uint key_size,
-                             ulong max_in_memory_size);
+                             ulonglong max_in_memory_size);
   inline static int get_cost_calc_buff_size(ulong nkeys, uint key_size,
-                                            ulong max_in_memory_size)
+                                            ulonglong max_in_memory_size)
   {
-    register ulong max_elems_in_tree=
+    register ulonglong max_elems_in_tree=
       (1 + max_in_memory_size / ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(TREE_ELEMENT)+key_size));
-    return sizeof(uint)*(1 + nkeys/max_elems_in_tree);
+    return (int) (sizeof(uint)*(1 + nkeys/max_elems_in_tree));
   }
 
   void reset();
diff --git a/sql/sql_select.cc b/sql/sql_select.cc
index bcd7e8c4a9dc51b581c3e7e6b00df1850f839436..03fbb3d5314742206938ad89800b3e249aa207b1 100644
--- a/sql/sql_select.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_select.cc
@@ -9320,7 +9320,7 @@ create_tmp_table(THD *thd,TMP_TABLE_PARAM *param,List<Item> &fields,
   param->recinfo=recinfo;
   store_record(table,s->default_values);        // Make empty default record
 
-  if (thd->variables.tmp_table_size == ~(ulong) 0)		// No limit
+  if (thd->variables.tmp_table_size == ~ (ulonglong) 0)		// No limit
     table->s->max_rows= ~(ha_rows) 0;
   else
     table->s->max_rows= (((table->s->db_type == DB_TYPE_HEAP) ?
diff --git a/sql/table.cc b/sql/table.cc
index e63db72a02d88f18f04ef01f4ced8d8bd2de5bf4..4c1705b6b7a1244d2682a6efb1572b1ac7236c2c 100644
--- a/sql/table.cc
+++ b/sql/table.cc
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ int openfrm(THD *thd, const char *name, const char *alias, uint db_stat,
 	if (key_part->fieldnr)
 	{					// Should always be true !
 	  Field *field=key_part->field=outparam->field[key_part->fieldnr-1];
+          key_part->type= field->key_type();
 	  if (field->null_ptr)
 	  {
 	    key_part->null_offset=(uint) ((byte*) field->null_ptr -
diff --git a/sql/uniques.cc b/sql/uniques.cc
index ad074f8b2b0753967fa3c546295abd3134f072ba..ac603791376169967962a2180903e01819cfc807 100644
--- a/sql/uniques.cc
+++ b/sql/uniques.cc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ int unique_write_to_ptrs(gptr key, element_count count, Unique *unique)
 }
 
 Unique::Unique(qsort_cmp2 comp_func, void * comp_func_fixed_arg,
-	       uint size_arg, ulong max_in_memory_size_arg)
+	       uint size_arg, ulonglong max_in_memory_size_arg)
   :max_in_memory_size(max_in_memory_size_arg), size(size_arg), elements(0)
 {
   my_b_clear(&file);
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static double get_merge_many_buffs_cost(uint *buffer,
 */
 
 double Unique::get_use_cost(uint *buffer, uint nkeys, uint key_size,
-                            ulong max_in_memory_size)
+                            ulonglong max_in_memory_size)
 {
   ulong max_elements_in_tree;
   ulong last_tree_elems;