- Adding a new argument "flag" to MY_COLLATION_HANDLER::strnncollsp_nchars()
and a flag MY_STRNNCOLLSP_NCHARS_EMULATE_TRIMMED_TRAILING_SPACES.
The flag defines if strnncollsp_nchars() should emulate trailing spaces
which were possibly trimmed earlier (e.g. in InnoDB CHAR compression).
This is important for NOPAD collations.
For example, with this input:
- str1= 'a ' (Latin letter a followed by one space)
- str2= 'a ' (Latin letter a followed by two spaces)
- nchars= 3
if the flag is given, strnncollsp_nchars() will virtually restore
one trailing space to str1 up to nchars (3) characters and compare two
strings as equal:
- str1= 'a ' (one extra trailing space emulated)
- str2= 'a ' (as is)
If the flag is not given, strnncollsp_nchars() does not add trailing
virtual spaces, so in case of a NOPAD collation, str1 will be compared
as less than str2 because it is shorter.
- Field_string::cmp_prefix() now passes the new flag.
Field_varstring::cmp_prefix() and Field_blob::cmp_prefix() do
not pass the new flag.
- The branch in cmp_whole_field() in storage/innobase/rem/rem0cmp.cc
(which handles the CHAR data type) now also passed the new flag.
- Fixing UCA collations to respect the new flag.
Other collations are possibly also affected, however
I had no success in making an SQL script demonstrating the problem.
Other collations will be extended to respect this flags in a separate
patch later.
- Changing the meaning of the last parameter of Field::cmp_prefix()
from "number of bytes" (internal length)
to "number of characters" (user visible length).
The code calling cmp_prefix() from handler.cc was wrong.
After this change, the call in handler.cc became correct.
The code calling cmp_prefix() from key_rec_cmp() in key.cc
was adjusted according to this change.
- Old strnncollsp_nchar() related tests in unittest/strings/strings-t.c
now pass the new flag.
A few new tests also were added, without the flag.