Hello Rich!
* Rich Prohaska <prohaska@stripped> [12/10/08 22:55]:
> Suppose we have a table t (a char(1), b binary(1)).
>
> If we run "alter table t change a aa char(1)", the ALTER_COLUMN_NAME
> flag is set in the handler_flags.
>
> If we run "alter table t change b bb binary(1), the ALTER_COLUMN_NAME
> and ALTER_COLUMN_TYPE flags are set in the handler flags, even when
> the type is unchanged.
>
> I added code to our storage engine to really check the field types if
> the ALTER_COLUMN_TYPE flag is set.
Thanks a lot for finding and bringing up this issue!!!
Indeed, it looks like a bug. Moreover it also affects 5.1/5.5 and
not only new in-place ALTER TABLE code in 5.6.
I have reported this problem as http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=67141
Best regards,
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