Note that the problem if far more complex. To be revisited.

modified:
  storage/connect/libdoc.cpp
  storage/connect/tabxml.h

- Take care of XML special chars (<>& etc.)
- Remove Encode, Decode

modified:
  storage/connect/libdoc.cpp
  storage/connect/libdoc.h

- Neither libmysql.lib nor mysqlclient.lib needed for MYSQL table type

modified:
  storage/connect/CMakeLists.txt

  It is no more necessary to be liked to libmysql.lib nor mysqlclient.lib.

modified:
  storage/connect/libdoc.cpp
  storage/connect/myconn.cpp
  storage/connect/myconn.h
  storage/connect/tabmysql.cpp
  storage/connect/tabmysql.h

modified:
  storage/connect/reldef.cpp

Adding ORDER BY clause.

modified:
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/dir.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/dir.test

(with MODULE_ONLY valgrind does not display file name and line number
if a problem happens inside a dlopen-ed plugin)

modified:
  storage/connect/CMakeLists.txt

"mysqld --connect" conflicts with "mysqld --connect-timeout".

(unfortunate design decision in how mysqld handles command line options).

modified:
  mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
  mysql-test/suite/connect/suite.opt

modified:
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc

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- Set parameters so libxml2 does not anymore add extra characters
  when retrieving several subnodes of a node.
- Make a CONNECT file header (was PlugDB)

modified:
  storage/connect/domdoc.cpp
  storage/connect/libdoc.cpp
  storage/connect/tabxml.cpp

- Change the version number

modified:
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc

- Begin eliminate use of libmysql functions in MYSQL table type
  Not finished yet

modified:
  storage/connect/myconn.cpp
  storage/connect/myconn.h

modified:
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/csv.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/csv.test

modified:
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc

- Removing -DMYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN. Its automatically
  added by MYSQL_ADD_PLUGIN
- Replacing "IF(!XXX)" to "IF(NOT XXX)". The former is a wrong cmake syntax.

modified:
  storage/connect/CMakeLists.txt

file according to the ENCODING option.

modified:
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/xml.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/xml.test

Modified:
ha_connect.cc

static to dynamic. Apparently this caused errors with a obscure
message saying "Invalid handle vale" (probably m_henv).

Modified:
odbconn.h
odbconn.cpp

 in case of error while processing ODBC type tables.

Modified:
odbconn.h
odbconn.cpp

modified:
  storage/connect/odbconn.cpp
  storage/connect/tabodbc.cpp

removing extra space characters in TABLE_TYPE=XML with libxml2

modified:
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/xml.result

node text retrieved by libxml2.

Modified:
libdoc.cpp

  CREATE TABLE t2 ... AS SELECT * FROM t1;

modified:
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/csv.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/csv.test

modified:
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/bin.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/csv.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/dbf.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/dir.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/fix.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/general.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/ini.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/vec.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/dbf.test
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/dir.test
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/general.test

when passed a NULL oplist argument.

Modified:
ha_connect.cc

Currently, only TABLE_TYPE is tested, and if wrong or unspecified,
is replaced by the default value DOS.

- Test on type was moved from create to pre_create
- pre_create is now called unconditionally and must return true
  on error and false otherwise.
- Warnings are produced if the table type was changed.
- The errors have specific error messages (instead of being warnings
  with an error message telling that a table must have columns)

Modified:
ha_connect.cc
ha_connect.h
handler.h
sql_table.cc

- Getting rid of some duplicate code in the Windows and Linux sections
- Moving the initializationa and clean-up code to connect_init_func()
  and connect_done_func(). This allows to use services provided by
  mysqld, for example my_snprintf(), which do not work in
  "__attribute__((constructor))init()".
- Removing the "__attribute__((constructor)) init()" and
  "__attribute__((destructor)) fini()" functions
- Using MariaDB's my_getpw() instead of different calls for Windows
  and Linux.
- Fixing a potentially wrong memory write in strcat() when creating
  the full connect.ini file name.
  strcat() can go outside of the buffer size when directory name is
  long enough. Using safe my_snprintf() instead.

modified:
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc

so it passed idependently from the source tree location.

modified:
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/odbc_xls.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/odbc_xls.test

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Modified:
ha_connect.cc

Modified:
ha_connect.cc

of SQL types previously done in the removed function MyODBCCols.

Modified:
ha_connect.cc

in ODBCDEF::DefineAM line 106

Modified:
tabodbc.cpp

added:
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/general.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/general.test

modified:
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/bin.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/csv.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/dbf.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/fix.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/fmt.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/ini.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/r/vec.result
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/bin.test
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/csv.test
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/dbf.test
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/fix.test
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/fmt.test
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/ini.test
  mysql-test/suite/connect/t/vec.test

in TABDEF::Define line 104

Modified:
reldef.cpp

Add a warning on alter in check_if_incompatible_data.

Modified:
ha_connect.cc

- The plan was to provide a default type (DOS) when the table type
was unspecified, wring, or not supported.
- However, this is not possible here because create is called after
the FRM file was generated.
- Currently, this is flagged as an error and the create aborts.

Modified:
ha_connect.cc

In mycat.cc line 308
+ correc typo in plgdbsem

Modified:
mycat.cc
plgdbsem.h

catalog functions have been changed:

Table_types are now internally represented be enum TABTYPE.
Catalog function names are internally translated to a uint.

The function GetTypeID was modified accordingly and a new
function GetFuncID was implemented in mycat.cc.

Modified:
ha_connect.cc
odbccat.h
odbconn.cpp
tabodbc.cpp
tabfmt.cpp
tabmysql.h
tabmysql.cpp
tabwmi.cpp
mycat.h
mycat.cc
plgdbsem.h
reldef.h
tabdos.cpp
rcmsg.h