Default values of variables were not subject to upper/lower bounds
and step, while setting variables was. Bounds and step are also
applied to defaults now; defaults are corrected quietly, values
given by the user are corrected, and a correction-warning is thrown
as needed. Lastly, very large values could wrap around, starting
from 0 again. They are bounded at the maximum value for the
respective data-type now if no lower maximum is specified in the
variable's definition.
SHOW CREATE TABLE fails
Underlying table names, that merge engine fails to open were not
reported.
With this fix CHECK TABLE issued against merge table reports all
underlying table names that it fails to open. Other statements
are unaffected, that is underlying table names are not included
into error message.
This fix doesn't solve SHOW CREATE TABLE issue.
Setting a key_cache_block_size which is not a power of 2
could corrupt MyISAM tables.
A couple of computations in the key cache code use bit
operations which do only work if key_cache_block_size
is a power of 2.
Replaced bit operations by arithmetic operations
to make key cache able to handle block sizes that are
not a power of 2.
The bug caused a reported index corruption in the cases when
key_cache_block_size was not a multiple of myisam_block_size,
e.g. when key_cache_block_size=1536 while myisam_block_size=1024.
Added a test case for bug #6447.
mf_keycache.c:
Fixed bug #6447. Erronious code in the key_cache_read function
caused problems when reading key blocks with offset>0 into
key cache. The code of key_cache_insert and key_cache_write
was modified similarly.
Introduced a new free blocks list. Free blocks are now re-used before
new blocks are allocated from the pool. There is a new status variable
which can be queried by "show status like key_blocks_unused".
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.
