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sql/field.cc

@@ -4473,7 +4473,7 @@ timestamp_auto_set_type Field_timestamp::get_auto_set_type() const
   }
 }
 
-long Field_timestamp::get_timestamp(ulong *sec_part) const
+my_time_t Field_timestamp::get_timestamp(ulong *sec_part) const
 {
   ASSERT_COLUMN_MARKED_FOR_READ;
   *sec_part= 0;
@@ -4592,7 +4592,7 @@ longlong Field_timestamp::val_int(void)
 
   thd->time_zone_used= 1;
   ulong sec_part;
-  uint32 temp= get_timestamp(&sec_part);
+  my_time_t temp= get_timestamp(&sec_part);
 
   /*
      Field_timestamp() and Field_timestamp_hres() shares this code.
@@ -4622,7 +4622,7 @@ String *Field_timestamp::val_str(String *val_buffer, String *val_ptr)
 
   thd->time_zone_used= 1;
   ulong sec_part;
-  uint32 temp= get_timestamp(&sec_part);
+  my_time_t temp= get_timestamp(&sec_part);
 
   if (temp == 0 && sec_part == 0)
   {				      /* Zero time is "000000" */
@@ -4682,7 +4682,7 @@ bool Field_timestamp::get_date(MYSQL_TIME *ltime, uint fuzzydate)
   THD *thd= table->in_use;
   thd->time_zone_used= 1;
   ulong sec_part;
-  uint32 temp= get_timestamp(&sec_part);
+  my_time_t temp= get_timestamp(&sec_part);
   if (temp == 0 && sec_part == 0)
   {				      /* Zero time is "000000" */
     if (fuzzydate & TIME_NO_ZERO_DATE)
@@ -4830,7 +4830,7 @@ void Field_timestamp_hires::store_TIME(my_time_t timestamp, ulong sec_part)
   store_bigendian(sec_part_shift(sec_part, dec), ptr+4, sec_part_bytes[dec]);
 }
 
-long Field_timestamp_hires::get_timestamp(ulong *sec_part) const
+my_time_t Field_timestamp_hires::get_timestamp(ulong *sec_part) const
 {
   ASSERT_COLUMN_MARKED_FOR_READ;
   *sec_part= (long)sec_part_unshift(read_bigendian(ptr+4, sec_part_bytes[dec]), dec);
@@ -4844,7 +4844,7 @@ double Field_timestamp_hires::val_real(void)
 
   thd->time_zone_used= 1;
   ulong sec_part;
-  uint32 temp= get_timestamp(&sec_part);
+  my_time_t temp= get_timestamp(&sec_part);
 
   if (temp == 0 && sec_part == 0)
     return(0);

sql/field.h

@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ class Field_timestamp :public Field_str {
       Field::set_default();
   }
   /* Get TIMESTAMP field value as seconds since begging of Unix Epoch */
-  virtual long get_timestamp(ulong *sec_part) const;
+  virtual my_time_t get_timestamp(ulong *sec_part) const;
   virtual void store_TIME(my_time_t timestamp, ulong sec_part)
   {
     int4store(ptr,timestamp);
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ class Field_timestamp_hires :public Field_timestamp {
     DBUG_ASSERT(dec <= TIME_SECOND_PART_DIGITS);
   }
   void sql_type(String &str) const;
-  long get_timestamp(ulong *sec_part) const;
+  my_time_t get_timestamp(ulong *sec_part) const;
   void store_TIME(my_time_t timestamp, ulong sec_part);
   int store_decimal(const my_decimal *d);
   double val_real(void);

sql/item.cc

@@ -7106,6 +7106,7 @@ Item_cache* Item_cache::get_cache(const Item *item, const Item_result type)
   case ROW_RESULT:
     return new Item_cache_row();
   case TIME_RESULT:
+    /* this item will store a packed datetime value as an integer */
     return new Item_cache_int(MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME);
   }
   return 0;

sql/item.h

@@ -3041,6 +3041,11 @@ class Item_cache_int: public Item_cache
   bool cache_value();
   bool get_date(MYSQL_TIME *ltime, uint fuzzydate);
   int save_in_field(Field *field, bool no_conversions);
+  /*
+    Having a clone_item method tells optimizer that this object
+    is a constant and need not be optimized further.
+    Important when storing packed datetime values.
+  */
   Item *clone_item()
   {
     Item_cache_int *item= new Item_cache_int(cached_field_type);

sql/item_func.cc

@@ -2282,6 +2282,14 @@ bool Item_func_min_max::get_date(MYSQL_TIME *ltime, uint fuzzy_date)
 {
   longlong UNINIT_VAR(min_max);
   DBUG_ASSERT(fixed == 1);
+
+  /*
+    just like ::val_int() method of an string item can be called,
+    for example, SELECT CONCAT("10", "12") + 1,
+    ::get_date() can be called for non-temporal values,
+    for example, SELECT MONTH(GREATEST("2011-11-21", "2010-10-09"))
+
+  */
   if (!compare_as_dates)
     return Item_func::get_date(ltime, fuzzy_date);
 

sql/log_event.h

@@ -1015,6 +1015,7 @@ class Log_event
       when_sec_part= thd->start_time_sec_part;
       return when;
     }
+    /* thd will only be 0 here at time of log creation */
     if ((tmp_thd= current_thd))
     {
       when= tmp_thd->start_time;

sql/sql_select.cc

@@ -9417,36 +9417,36 @@ remove_eq_conds(THD *thd, COND *cond, Item::cond_result *cond_value)
   return cond;					// Point at next and level
 }
 
-/* 
+/**
   Check if equality can be used in removing components of GROUP BY/DISTINCT
   
-  SYNOPSIS
-    test_if_equality_guarantees_uniqueness()
-      l          the left comparison argument (a field if any)
-      r          the right comparison argument (a const of any)
+  @param    l          the left comparison argument (a field if any)
+  @param    r          the right comparison argument (a const of any)
   
-  DESCRIPTION    
-    Checks if an equality predicate can be used to take away 
-    DISTINCT/GROUP BY because it is known to be true for exactly one 
-    distinct value (e.g. <expr> == <const>).
-    Arguments must be of the same type because e.g. 
-    <string_field> = <int_const> may match more than 1 distinct value from 
-    the column. 
-    We must take into consideration and the optimization done for various 
-    string constants when compared to dates etc (see Item_int_with_ref) as
-    well as the collation of the arguments.
+  @details
+  Checks if an equality predicate can be used to take away 
+  DISTINCT/GROUP BY because it is known to be true for exactly one 
+  distinct value (e.g. <expr> == <const>).
+  Arguments must be of the same type because e.g. 
+  <string_field> = <int_const> may match more than 1 distinct value from 
+  the column.
+  Additionally, strings must have the same collation.
+  Or the *field* must be a datetime - if the constant is a datetime
+  and a field is not - this is not enough, consider:
+    create table t1 (a varchar(100));
+    insert t1 values ('2010-01-02'), ('2010-1-2'), ('20100102');
+    select distinct t1 from t1 where a=date('2010-01-02');
   
-  RETURN VALUE  
-    TRUE    can be used
-    FALSE   cannot be used
+  @retval true    can be used
+  @retval false   cannot be used
 */
 static bool
 test_if_equality_guarantees_uniqueness(Item *l, Item *r)
 {
   return r->const_item() &&
-    /* elements must be compared as dates */
+    /* the field is a date (the const will be converted to a date) */
      (l->cmp_type() == TIME_RESULT ||
-      /* or of the same result type */
+      /* or arguments are of the same result type */
       (r->result_type() == l->result_type() &&
        /* and must have the same collation if compared as strings */
        (l->result_type() != STRING_RESULT ||