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 D.1.8 Changes in release 5.0.13 (22 Sept 2005: Release Candidate)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Functionality added or changed:
 
    * The syntax for `CREATE VIEW' and `ALTER VIEW' statements now
      includes `DEFINER' and `SQL SECURITY' clauses for specifying the
      security context to be used when checking access privileges at
      view invocation time. (The syntax is present in 5.0.13, but these
      clauses have no effect until 5.0.16.) See  create-view, for
      more information.
 
    * The -hex-dump option for `mysqldump' now also applies to `BIT'
      columns.
 
    * Added a -routines option for `mysqldump' that enables dumping of
      stored routines. (Bug #9056 (http://bugs.mysql.com/9056))
 
    * The connection string for `FEDERATED' tables now is specified
      using a `CONNECTION' table option rather than a `COMMENT' table
      option.
 
    * Better detection of connection timeout for replication servers on
      Windows allows elimination of extraneous `Lost connection' errors
      in the error log. (Bug #5588 (http://bugs.mysql.com/5588))
 
    * The counters for the `Key_read_requests', `Key_reads',
      `Key_write_requests', and `Key_writes' status variables were
      changed from `unsigned long' to `unsigned longlong' to accommodate
      larger variables without rollover. (Bug #12920
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12920))
 
    * The restriction on the use of `PREPARE', `EXECUTE', and `DEALLOCATE
      PREPARE' within stored procedures was lifted. The restriction
      still applies to stored functions and triggers.  (Bug #10975
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/10975), Bug #7115
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/7115), Bug #10605
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/10605))
 
    * A new command line argument was added to `mysqld' to ignore client
      character set information sent during handshake, and use server
      side settings instead, to reproduce 4.0 behavior (Bug #9948
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/9948)):
 
           mysqld --skip-character-set-client-handshake
 
    *           `OPTIMIZE TABLE' and           `HANDLER' now are
      prohibited in stored           procedures and functions and in
      triggers. (Bug #12953 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12953), Bug #12995
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12995))
 
    *           `InnoDB': The `TRUNCATE           TABLE' statement for
      `InnoDB' tables           always resets the counter for an
       `AUTO_INCREMENT' column now, regardless of           whether
      there is a foreign key constraint on the table.
      (Beginning with 5.0.3, `TRUNCATE TABLE' reset           the
      counter, but only if there was no such constraint.) (Bug #11946
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/11946))
 
    *           The `LEAST()' and           `GREATEST()' functions used
      to return           `NULL' only if all arguments were
      `NULL'. Now they return           `NULL' if any argument is
        `NULL', the same as Oracle. (Bug #12791
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12791))
 
    *           Two new collations have been added for Esperanto:
        `utf8_esperanto_ci' and           `ucs2_esperanto_ci'.
 
    *           Reorder network startup to come after all other
      initialization, particularly storage engine startup which can
           take a long time. This also prevents MySQL from being run on
      a           privileged port (any port under 1024) unless run as
      the root           user. (Bug #11707 (http://bugs.mysql.com/11707))
 
    *           The Windows binary packages are now compiled with the
            Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 compiler instead of Microsoft
              Visual C++ 6.0.
 
    *           The binaries compiled with the Intel icc compiler are now
               built using icc 9.0 instead of icc 8.1. You will have to
               install new versions of the Intel icc runtime libraries,
      which           are available from here:
      (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/os-linux.html
      (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/os-linux.html))
 
 Bugs fixed:
 
    *           *Incompatible change:* A lock           wait timeout
      caused `InnoDB' to roll back the           entire current
      transaction. Now it rolls back only the most           recent SQL
      statement. (Bug #12308 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12308))
 
    *           The `FEDERATED' storage engine does not
      support `ALTER TABLE', but no appropriate           error message
      was issued. (Bug #13108 (http://bugs.mysql.com/13108))
 
    *           `mysqldump' did not dump triggers properly.
      (Bug #12597 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12597))
 
    *           `NDBCluster': The average row size for           Cluster
      tables was being calculated incorrectly. This affected
      the values shown for the `Data_length' and
      `Avg_row_length' columns in the output           generated by
      `SHOW TABLE STATUS' as well as           the values for the
      `data_length' and           `data_length/table_rows' columns shown
      in the           `TABLES' table of the
      `INFORMATION_SCHEMA' database with respect to           Cluster
      tables (tables using other storage engines were not
      affected by this bug). (Bug #9896 (http://bugs.mysql.com/9896))
 
    *           Within a stored procedure, fetching a large number of
      rows in           a loop using a cursor could result in a server
      crash or an out           of memory error. Also, values inserted
      within a stored           procedure using a cursor were
      interpreted as           `latin1' even if character set variables
      had           been set to a different character set. (Bug #6513
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/6513), Bug #9819
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/9819))
 
    *           For a server compiled with yaSSL, clients that used MySQL
               Connector/J were not able to establish SSH connections.
      (Bug #13029 (http://bugs.mysql.com/13029))
 
    *           When used in view definitions,           `DAYNAME(EXPR)',
               `DAYOFWEEK(EXPR)',           `WEEKDAY(EXPR)'
      were incorrectly treated as though the expression was
      `TO_DAYS(EXPR)' or           `TO_DAYS(TO_DAYS(EXPR))'.
      (Bug #13000 (http://bugs.mysql.com/13000))
 
    *           Incorrect implicit nesting of joins caused the parser to
      fail           on queries of the form `SELECT ... FROM t1 JOIN t2
              JOIN t3 ON t1.t1col = t3.t3col' with an
      `Unknown column 't1.t1col' in 'on clause''           error. (Bug
      #12943 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12943))
 
    *           `NDB': A cluster shutdown following the crash
      of a data node would fail to terminate the remaining node
      processes, even though `ndb_mgm' showed the           shutdown
      request as having been completed. (Bug #10938
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/10938), Bug #9996
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/9996), Bug #11623
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/11623))
 
    *           A column that can be `NULL' was not handled
      properly for `WITH ROLLUP' in a subquery or           view. (Bug
      #12885 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12885))
 
    *           Within a transaction, the following statements now cause
      an           implicit commit: `CREATE FUNCTION',           `DROP
      FUNCTION', `DROP           PROCEDURE', `ALTER FUNCTION',
      `ALTER PROCEDURE', `CREATE           PROCEDURE'. This corrects a
      problem where these           statements followed by `ROLLBACK'
      might not           be replicated properly. (Bug #12870
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12870))
 
    *           Simultaneous execution of DML statements and `CREATE
           TRIGGER' or `DROP TRIGGER'           statements on the same
      table could cause server crashes or           errors. (Bug #12704
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12704))
 
    *           If a stored function invoked from a `SELECT'
      failed with an error, it could cause the client connection to
          be dropped. Now such errors generate warnings instead so as
             not to interrupt the `SELECT'. (Bug #12379
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12379))
 
    *           A concurrency problem for `CREATE ... SELECT'
      could cause a server crash. (Bug #12845
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12845))
 
    *           The server incorrectly generated an `Unknown
      table' error message when for attempts to drop tables           in
      the `INFORMATION_SCHEMA' database. Now it           issues an
      `Access denied' message. (Bug #9846 (http://bugs.mysql.com/9846))
 
    *           The server allowed privileges to be granted explicitly
      for the           `INFORMATION_SCHEMA' database. Such
      privileges are always implicit and should not be grantable.
         (Bug #10734 (http://bugs.mysql.com/10734))
 
    *           The server allowed `TEMPORARY' tables and
      stored procedures to be created in the
      `INFORMATION_SCHEMA' database. (Bug #9683
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/9683),           Bug #10708
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/10708))
 
    *           The server failed to disallow `SET           AUTOCOMMIT'
      in stored functions and triggers. It is           allowed to
      change the value of `AUTOCOMMIT'           in stored procedures,
      but a runtime error might occur if the           procedure is
      invoked from a stored function or trigger. (Bug #12712
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12712))
 
    *           Using an `INOUT' parameter with a           `DECIMAL'
      data type in a stored procedure           caused a server crash.
      (Bug #12979 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12979))
 
    *           Performing an `IS NULL' check on the           `MIN()'
      or `MAX()' of an           indexed column in a complex query could
      produce incorrect           results. (Bug #12695
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12695))
 
    *           The `mysql.server' script contained           incorrect
      path for the `libexec' directory.            (Bug #12550
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12550))
 
    *           The NDB `START BACKUP' command could be
      interrupted by a `SHOW' command. (Bug #13054
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/13054))
 
    *           The `LIKE ... ESCAPE' syntax produced invalid
      results when escape character was larger than one byte. (Bug
      #12611 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12611))
 
    *           A client connection thread cleanup problem caused the
      server           to crash when closing the connection if the
      binary log was           enabled. (Bug #12517
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12517))
 
    *           Using `AS' to rename a column selected from a
      view in a subquery made it not possible to refer to that
      column in the outer query. (Bug #12993
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12993))
 
    *           The `character_set_system' system variable
      could not be selected with `SELECT
      @@character_set_system'. (Bug #11775 (http://bugs.mysql.com/11775))
 
    *           A view-creation statement of the form `CREATE VIEW
         NAME AS SELECT ... FROM           TBL_NAME AS           NAME'
      failed with a           `Not unique table/alias:           'NAME''
      error. (Bug #6808 (http://bugs.mysql.com/6808))
 
    *           `UNION [DISTINCT]' was not removing all
      duplicates for multi-byte character values. (Bug #12891
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12891))
 
    *           Multiplying a `DECIMAL' value within a loop           in
      a stored routine could incorrectly result in a value of
      `NULL'. (Bug #12938 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12938))
 
    *           `mysql' and `mysqldump' were           ignoring the
      -defaults-extra-file option.            (Bug #12917
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12917))
 
    *           Columns named in the `USING()' clause of           `JOIN
      ... USING()' were incorrectly resolved           in case-sensitive
      fashion. (Bug #13067 (http://bugs.mysql.com/13067))
 
    *           Local variables in stored routines were not always
      initialized           correctly. (Bug #13133
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/13133))
 
    *           `SHOW FIELDS FROM           SCHEMANAME.VIEWNAME'
       caused error 1046 when no default schema was set. (Bug #12905
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12905))
 
    *           The value of `character_set_results' could be
      set to `NULL', but returned the string           `"NULL"' when
      retrieved. (Bug #12363 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12363))
 
    *           `InnoDB': Limit recursion depth to 200 in
      deadlock detection to avoid running out of stack space. (Bug
      #12588 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12588))
 
    *           `GROUP_CONCAT()' ignored an empty string if           it
      was the first value to occur in the result. (Bug #12863
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12863))
 
    *           Outer join elimination was erroneously applied for some
              queries that used a `NOT BETWEEN' condition,           an
               `IN(VALUE_LIST)'           condition, or an `IF()'
      condition. (Bug #12101 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12101), Bug #12102
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12102))
 
    *           `SHOW FIELDS' truncated the           `TYPE' column to
      40 characters. (Bug #7142 (http://bugs.mysql.com/7142))
 
    *           Use of `PREPARE' and           `EXECUTE' with a
      statement that selected from           a view in a subquery could
      cause a server crash. (Bug #12651 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12651))
 
    *           On HP-UX 11.x (PA-RISC), the -L option caused
      `mysqlimport' to crash. (Bug #12958 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12958))
 
    *           If the binary log is enabled, execution of a stored
      procedure           that modifies table data and uses user
      variables could cause a           server crash or incorrect
      information to be written to the           binary log. (Bug #12637
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12637))
 
    *           Queries with subqueries, where the inner subquery uses
      the           `range' or `index_merge'           access method,
      could return incorrect results. (Bug #12720
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12720))
 
    *           After changing the character set with `SET CHARACTER
           SET', the result of the           `GROUP_CONCAT()' function
      was not converted           to the proper character set. (Bug
      #12829 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12829))
 
    *           A bug introduced in MySQL 5.0.12 caused `SHOW TABLE
          STATUS' to display an           `Auto_increment' value of 0
      for           `InnoDB' tables. (Bug #12973
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12973))
 
    *           Foreign keys were not properly enforced in
      `TEMPORARY' tables. Foreign keys now are           disallowed in
      `TEMPORARY' tables. (Bug #12084 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12084))
 
    *           Replication of `LOAD DATA INFILE' failed
      between systems that use different pathname syntax (such as
        delimiter characters). (Bug #11815
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/11815))
 
    *           Within a stored procedure, a server crash was caused by
              assigning to a `VARCHAR INOUT' parameter the
      value of an expression that included the variable itself. (For
           example, `SET c = c'.) (Bug #12849
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12849))
 
    *           `SELECT ... JOIN ... ON ... JOIN ... USING'
      caused a server crash. (Bug #12977 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12977))
 
    *           Using `GROUP BY' when selecting from a view           in
      some cases could cause incorrect results to be returned.
      (Bug #12922 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12922))
 
    *           `myisampack' did not properly pack           `BLOB'
      values larger than           224 bytes. (Bug #4214
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/4214))
 
    *           Incorrect results could be returned from a view processed
               using a temporary table. (Bug #12941
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12941))
 
    *           The server crashed when one thread resized the query
      cache           while another thread was using it. (Bug #12848
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12848))
 
    *           `mysqld_multi' now quotes arguments on           command
      lines that it constructs to avoid problems with
      arguments that contain shell metacharacters. (Bug #11280
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/11280))
 
    *           `InnoDB': A consistent read could return
      inconsistent results due to a bug introduced in MySQL 5.0.5.
          (Bug #12947 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12947))
 
    *           Deadlock occurred when several account management
      statements           were run (particularly between `FLUSH
       PRIVILEGES'/`SET PASSWORD' and           `GRANT'/`REVOKE'
        statements). (Bug #12423 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12423))
 
    *           The Windows installer made a change to one of the
        `mysql.proc' table files, causing stored           routine
      functionality to be compromised. The Windows installer
      now never overwrites files in the MySQL data directory. During
           an upgrade from one version to another, a file in the data
             directory will not be overwritten even if it has not been
              modified since it was put there by an older installer.
 
      If you have already lost access to stored routines because of
          this problem, you can get them back using the following
         procedure:
 
         *               Stop the server.
 
         *               In the `mysql\data' directory under
            your MySQL installation directory, and replace the
               `proc.frm' file with corresponding file
           from the version of MySQL that you were using before you
                   upgraded.
 
         *               Start the server
 
         *               Start the `mysql' command-line client
              (use the `root' account or another               account
           that has full database privileges) and execute the
             `mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql' script               that
           upgrades the grant tables to the current structure.
               Instructions for doing this are given in
            mysql-fix-privilege-tables.
 
      After this, all stored routine functionality should work. (Bug
      #12820 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12820))
 
    *           On Windows, the server was preventing tables from being
              created if the table name was a prefix of a forbidden
      name.            For example, `nul' is a forbidden name
      because it's the same as a Windows device name, but a table
        with the name of `n' or `nu'           was being forbidden as
      well. (Bug #12325 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12325))
 
    *           `InnoDB' was too permissive with           `LOCK TABLE
      ... READ LOCAL' and allowed new           inserts into the table.
      Now `READ LOCAL' is           equivalent to `READ' for
      `InnoDB'. This will cause slightly more           locking in
      `mysqldump', but makes           `InnoDB' table dumps consistent
      with           `MyISAM' table dumps. (Bug #12410
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12410))
 
    *           Use of the `mysql' client           `HELP' command from
      within a stored routine           caused a `packets out of order'
      error and a lost           connection. Now `HELP' is detected and
              disallowed within stored routines. (Bug #12490
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12490))
 
    *           Use of yaSSL for a secure client connection caused
         `LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE' to fail. (Bug #11286
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/11286))
 
    *           `SHOW CREATE PROCEDURE' and `SHOW           CREATE
      FUNCTION' no longer qualify the routine name           with the
      database name, for consistency with the behavior of
      `SHOW CREATE TABLE'. (Bug #10362 (http://bugs.mysql.com/10362))
 
    *           A `UNION' of long `utf8'           `VARCHAR' columns was
      sometimes returned as a           column with a `LONGTEXT' data
      type rather           than `VARCHAR'. This could prevent such
          queries from working at all if selected into a
      `MEMORY' table because the           `MEMORY' storage engine does
      not support the           `TEXT' data types. (Bug #12537
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12537))
 
    *           If a client has opened an `InnoDB' table for
      which the `.ibd' file is missing,           `InnoDB' would not
      honor a `DROP           TABLE' statement for the table. (Bug
      #12852 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12852))
 
    *           `ALTER TABLE ... DISCARD TABLESPACE' for
      non-`InnoDB' table caused the client to lose           the
      connection. (The server was not returning the error
      properly.) (Bug #12207 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12207))
 
    *           `DO IFNULL(NULL, NULL)' and `SELECT
      CAST(IFNULL(NULL, NULL) AS DECIMAL)' caused a server
      crash. (Bug #12841 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12841))
 
    *           When using a cursor, a `SELECT' statement           that
      uses a `GROUP BY' clause could return           incorrect results.
      (Bug #11904 (http://bugs.mysql.com/11904))
 
    *           The `SYSDATE()' function now returns the time
      at which it was invoked. In particular, within a stored
      routine or trigger, `SYSDATE()' returns the           time at
      which it executes, not the time at which the stored
      routine or triggering statement began to execute. (Bug #12480
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/12480))
 
    *           `CREATE VIEW' inside a stored procedure           caused
      a server crash if the table underlying the view had           been
      deleted. (Bug #12468 (http://bugs.mysql.com/12468))
 
    *           A memory leak resulting from repeated `SELECT ...
         INTO' statements inside a stored procedure could
      cause the server to crash. (Bug #11333
      (http://bugs.mysql.com/11333))
 
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