The problem was an ab-use of last_rkey_length.
Formerly we saved the packed key length (of the search key)
in this element. But in certain cases it got replaced by
the (packed) result key length.
Now we use a new element of MI_INFO to save the packed key
length of the search key.
This patch allows to configure MyISAM for 128 indexes per table.
The main problem is the key_map, wich is implemented as an ulonglong.
To get rid of the limit and keep the efficient and flexible
implementation, the highest bit is now used for all upper keys.
This means that the lower keys can be disabled and enabled
individually as usual and the high keys can only be disabled and
enabled as a block. That way the existing test suite is still
applicable, while more keys work, though slightly less efficient.
To really get more than 64 keys, some defines need to be changed.
Another patch will address this.
myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size is depricated
Ensure that myisam_data_pointer_size is honoured when creating new MyISAM files
Changed default value of myisam_data_pointer_size from 4 to 6 to get rid of 'table-is-full' errors
Changed my_error() to print error messages, which come from
arbitrary registered ranges of error messages. Messages can
be unregistered (and should be at end of the program).
Added registration of handler error messages.
Added a new mi_print_error() macro and a new
mi_report_error() function, which supply error
messages with a table name.
Added calls to mi_print_error() or mi_report_error()
at all places in MyISAM, where table corruption is detected.
HEAP: Copies the key count to a backup variable and sets the key count to zero.
That way, no HEAP function will ever try to touch any index.
Re-enabling is done by copying back the backup variable.
To avoid memory leak at table close, disable deletes all index trees.
Re-enabling must be done with empty indexes and data anyway. Otherwise,
the indexes would need to be repaired, wich HEAP is not capable of.
MyISAM: Only the key_map is cleared and set.
Re-enabling must be done with empty indexes and data. Otherwise, repair needs
to be done which will enable all keys persistently.
The former implementation disabled only non-unique keys and maked this persistent.
The new implementation additionally can disable all keys, but only without
making this persistent. Re-enabling all keys can be done without repair,
if data file and indexes are empty.
New multi-key-cache handling. This was needed becasue the old one didn't work reliable with MERGE tables.
ALTER TABLE table_name ... CHARACTER SET ... now changes all char/varchar/text columns to the given character set
(One must use ALTER TABLE ... DEFAULT CHARACTER SET ... to change the default character set)
Fixed that have_compress is detected properly (fixes problems with func_compress.test on platforms without zlib)
New syntax for CACHE INDEX ('keys' is optional if no index name is given and one mentions the key cache name only ones)
Removed compiler warnings
Added mysql_set_server_option() to allow clients like PHP to easaily set/reset the multi-statement flag.
Added key cache parameters for midpoint insertion strategy
Many files:
Added midpoint insertion strategy for key cache
mi_test2.c:
Added a parameter to resize_key_cache
