Use server character set if --default-character-set is not used
Added convert_string() for more efficient alloc+character-set convert of strings

equivalent of compile-pentium-debug but with
--enable-maintainer-mode configure option
Maybe it's worth to merge compile-mentium-debug
and compile-pentium-maintainer to a single script

into sanja.is.com.ua:/home/bell/mysql/bk/work-having_resolve-4.1

into mysql.com:/home/dlenev/src/mysql-4.1-345

The above query created a field of koi8r charset, not cp1251

Change:
CREATE TABLE a (a CHAR(1) CHARACTER SET utf8) 
Length now means character length, not byte length.
The above creates a field that guarantees can store a multibyte value
1 character long. For utf8 the above creates a field that can store
3 bytes.

into mashka.mysql.fi:/home/my/mysql-4.1

into eagle.mysql.r18.ru:/home/vva/work/mysql.orig/test/mysql-4.1

into mashka.mysql.fi:/home/my/mysql-4.0

(Mostly code cleanups)

into serg.mylan:/usr/home/serg/Abk/mysql-4.0

into gcw.ath.cx:/home/greg/bk/mysql-4.0

into serg.mylan:/usr/home/serg/Abk/mysql

into serg.mylan:/usr/home/serg/Abk/mysql-4.0

  Code clean-up
sql_union.cc, union.test, union.result:
  A fix for a bug #978.
  This enables that NULL's can be entered into UNION's result set,
  although first SELECT columns are NOT NULL.
  This is also a start of fixing UNION's properly regarding type
  acceptance.
sql_select.cc:
  A commit for my second July SPRINT task

into serg.mylan:/usr/home/serg/Abk/mysql-4.0

into oak.local:/home/kostja/mysql/mysql-4.1-count-distinct

aligned with Sergey notes.