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Aleksey Midenkov 4de3d55db3 MDEV-37008 ROW START/END columns added with ALTER TABLE are never INVISIBLE
Allow limited ALTER TABLE on explicit system columns ROW START/ROW
END. That includes two CHANGE COLUMN (or MODIFY COLUMN) operations:

  1. change INVISIBLE property;
  2. rename system field.*

That required a number of reworks. Vers_parse_info::fix_alter_info()
now better detects errors. It takes into account whether system
versioning is implicit (system hidden row_start/row_end) or
explicit, and case of explicit it allows the above two operations.

For changing invisible property it was required to add it into
Alter_column and take from there in mysql_prepare_alter_table().

Also the number of semantics are made more clear:

  - ALTER_VERS_IMPLICIT/ALTER_VERS_EXPLICIT flags represent
    corresponding operations for implicit<->explicit switch;

  - ALTER_VERS_CHANGE is (ALTER_ADD_SYSTEM_VERSIONING |
    ALTER_VERS_EXPLICIT | ALTER_VERS_IMPLICIT), so it is whether we
    add system versioning or switch implicit<->explicit. It is used to
    determine whether parser data check is required (check_parser_data()).

  - check_parser_data() is new better name for check_conditions(), it
    better reflects what it does.

  - There is clear distinction between parser data and processed
    data. Now we do not change as_row property, but add new sys_fields
    property instead. We do not change period property as well, so it
    is clear if PERIOD was specified in command or not at any
    stage. Same with as_row, as it is now sole representation of AS
    ROW clauses.

  - The main point of updating sys_fields is check_sys_fields(), but
    it is not the only point as check_sys_fields() not always needed.

When creating FRM we take processed data from sys_fields, i.e. the
data passed validation stage of check_parser_data()/check_sys_fields().

* Note that before the patch RENAME COLUMN worked but CHANGE COLUMN
  alternative syntax produced ER_VERS_DUPLICATE_ROW_START_END.
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cmake MDEV-37092 galera_new_cluster installed under WITH_WSREP=OFF 2025-07-07 08:06:33 +03:00
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man Update 11.8 man pages 2025-04-29 10:42:46 +10:00
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scripts MDEV-37092 galera_new_cluster installed under WITH_WSREP=OFF 2025-07-07 08:06:33 +03:00
sql MDEV-37008 ROW START/END columns added with ALTER TABLE are never INVISIBLE 2025-07-21 18:07:14 +03:00
sql-bench Updated sql-bench to run with PostgreSQL 14.9 2023-09-09 15:14:45 +03:00
sql-common Update my_snprintf’s last loose ends to suffixes 2025-02-12 10:17:44 +01:00
storage fix incorrect merge 15700f54c2 (part 2) rocksdb_rpl.rpl_xa 2025-07-10 10:13:39 +10:00
strings Merge branch '11.4' into 11.8 2025-06-18 07:43:24 +02:00
support-files MDEV-36697: Wrong server.cnf group for version 2025-06-24 16:43:04 +10:00
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wsrep-lib@e55f01ce1e MDEV-36422 Build fails with cmake 4.0.0 due to wsrep 2025-04-10 13:05:19 +02:00
zlib Merge branch 'merge-zlib' (1.3.1) into 10.4 2024-04-26 13:50:03 +02:00
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BUILD-CMAKE Minor spelling fixes in code comments, docs and output 2018-01-12 16:49:02 +02:00
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CODING_STANDARDS.md MDEV-35837: Update CODING_STANDARDS to C++17 [skip ci] 2025-04-29 13:55:22 +10:00
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KNOWN_BUGS.txt Changed some MySQL names in messages to MariaDB 2018-12-09 20:49:05 +02:00
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