Merge jamppa@bk-internal.mysql.com:/home/bk/mysql-5.1-marvel

into  ua141d10.elisa.omakaista.fi:/home/my/bk/mysql-5.1-marvel


sql/mysqld.cc:
  Auto merged

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mysys/typelib.c b/mysys/typelib.c
index 4fab6f20493..780e63b4b04 100644
--- a/mysys/typelib.c
+++ b/mysys/typelib.c
@@ -20,6 +20,28 @@
 #include <m_ctype.h>
 
 
+int find_type_or_exit(const char *x, TYPELIB *typelib, const char *option)
+{
+  int res;
+  const char **ptr;
+
+  if ((res= find_type((my_string) x, typelib, 2)) <= 0)
+  {
+    ptr= typelib->type_names;
+    if (!*x)
+      fprintf(stderr, "No option given to %s\n", option);
+    else
+      fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option to %s: %s\n", option, x);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Alternatives are: '%s'", *ptr);
+    while (*++ptr)
+      fprintf(stderr, ",'%s'", *ptr);
+    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
+
 /*
   Search after a string in a list of strings. Endspace in x is not compared.