Imre,
You may have found a stored function bug--the server tries to evaluate
the SELECT statement within the IF block when IF condition is false.
PB
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Shawn Green wrote:
> Hello Imre,
>
> Imre Palik wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> When I try to run this function, I receive ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table
>> 'gi2.meta' doesn't exist
>>
>> CREATE FUNCTION get_version()
>> RETURNS INT UNSIGNED
>> BEGIN
>> DECLARE exist_ TINYINT;
>> SELECT COUNT(*) INTO exist_ FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
>> WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'GI2' AND TABLE_NAME = 'Meta' LIMIT 1;
>> IF (0 < exist_) THEN BEGIN
>> DECLARE ver_ INT UNSIGNED;
>> SELECT SUBSTRING(Version, 14, LENGTH(Version) - 15) INTO ver_
>> FROM GI2.Meta LIMIT 1;
>> IF (ver_ <= 65) THEN RETURN 5;
>> ELSE RETURN 0;
>> END IF;
>> END;
>> END IF;
>> RETURN 1;
>> END;
>>
>> I can't see why I am receiving this error, as I am checking if the
>> table exists before the select. If this is a limitation in MySQL,
>> any ideas how to circumvent it?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> ImRe
>>
>>
>
> Is the table `Meta` or `meta` ? Case sensitivity is very important to
> most Operating Systems. Try it with all lower case and see what happens.
>
