Functions extracting non-negative datetime components:
- YEAR(dt), EXTRACT(YEAR FROM dt)
- QUARTER(td), EXTRACT(QUARTER FROM dt)
- MONTH(dt), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM dt)
- WEEK(dt), EXTRACT(WEEK FROM dt)
- HOUR(dt),
- MINUTE(dt),
- SECOND(dt),
- MICROSECOND(dt),
- DAYOFYEAR(dt)
- EXTRACT(YEAR_MONTH FROM dt)
did not set their max_length properly, so in the DECIMAL
context they created a too small DECIMAL column, which
led to the 'Out of range value' error.
The problem is that most of these functions historically
returned the signed INT data type.
There were two simple ways to fix these functions:
1. Add +1 to max_length.
But this would also change their size in the string context
and create too long VARCHAR columns, with +1 excessive size.
2. Preserve max_length, but change the data type from INT to INT UNSIGNED.
But this would break backward compatibility.
Also, using UNSIGNED is generally not desirable,
it's better to stay with signed when possible.
This fix implements another solution, which it makes all these functions
work well in all contexts: int, decimal, string.
Fix details:
- Adding a new special class Type_handler_long_ge0 - the data type
handler for expressions which:
* should look like normal signed INT
* but which known not to return negative values
Expressions handled by Type_handler_long_ge0 store in Item::max_length
only the number of digits, without adding +1 for the sign.
- Fixing Item_extract to use Type_handler_long_ge0
for non-negative datetime components:
YEAR, YEAR_MONTH, QUARTER, MONTH, WEEK
- Adding a new abstract class Item_long_ge0_func, for functions
returning non-negative datetime components.
Item_long_ge0_func uses Type_handler_long_ge0 as the type handler.
The class hierarchy now looks as follows:
Item_long_ge0_func
Item_long_func_date_field
Item_func_to_days
Item_func_dayofmonth
Item_func_dayofyear
Item_func_quarter
Item_func_year
Item_long_func_time_field
Item_func_hour
Item_func_minute
Item_func_second
Item_func_microsecond
- Cleanup: EXTRACT(QUARTER FROM dt) created an excessive VARCHAR column
in string context. Changing its length from 2 to 1.
