A query in form
SELECT DISTINCT expr_that_is_inferred_to_be_const LIMIT 0 OFFSET n
produces one row when it should produce none. The issue was in
JOIN_TAB::remove_duplicates() in the piece of logic that tried to
avoid duplicate removal for such cases but didn't account for possible
"LIMIT 0".
Fixed by making Select_limit_counters::set_limit() change OFFSET to 0
when LIMIT is 0.
This commit implements the standard SQL extension
OFFSET start { ROW | ROWS }
[FETCH { FIRST | NEXT } [ count ] { ROW | ROWS } { ONLY | WITH TIES }]
To achieve this a reserved keyword OFFSET is introduced.
The general logic for WITH TIES implies:
1. The number of rows a query returns is no longer known during optimize
phase. Adjust optimizations to no longer consider this.
2. During end_send make use of an "order Cached_item"to compare if the
ORDER BY columns changed. Keep returning rows until there is a
change. This happens only after we reached the row limit.
3. Within end_send_group, the order by clause was eliminated. It is
still possible to keep the optimization of using end_send_group for
producing the final result set.
The function was originally introduced by eb0804ef5e
MDEV-18553: MDEV-16327 pre-requisits part 1: isolation of LIMIT/OFFSET handling
set_unlimited had an overloaded notion of both clearing the offset value
and the limit value. The code is used for SQL_CALC_ROWS option to
disable the limit clause after the limit is reached, while at the same
time the calling code suppreses sending of rows.
Proposed solution:
Dedicated clear method for query initialization (to ensure no garbage
remains between executions).
Dedicated set_unlimited that only alters the limit value.
Replace
* select_lex::offset_limit
* select_lex::select_limit
* select_lex::explicit_limit
with select_lex::Lex_select_limit
The Lex_select_limit already existed with the same elements and was used in
by the yacc parser.
This commit is in preparation for FETCH FIRST implementation, as it
simplifies a lot of the code.
Additionally, the parser is simplified by making use of the stack to
return Lex_select_limit objects.
Cleanup of init_query() too. Removes explicit_limit= 0 as it's done a bit later
in init_select() with limit_params.empty()
Now both offset and limit are stored and do not chenged during execution
(offset is decreased during processing in versions before 10.5).
(Big part of this changes made by Monty)
