5.5 merge and fixes for compiler/test errors

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sql/field.h b/sql/field.h
index 48d873beb32..d8630e181fb 100644
--- a/sql/field.h
+++ b/sql/field.h
@@ -89,6 +89,34 @@ inline uint get_set_pack_length(int elements)
   return len > 4 ? 8 : len;
 }
 
+
+static inline enum enum_mysql_timestamp_type
+mysql_type_to_time_type(enum enum_field_types mysql_type)
+{
+  switch(mysql_type) {
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_TIME: return MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_TIME;
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP:
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME: return MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_DATETIME;
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_NEWDATE:
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_DATE: return MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_DATE;
+  default: return MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_ERROR;
+  }
+}
+
+
+/**
+  Tests if field type is temporal, i.e. represents
+  DATE, TIME, DATETIME or TIMESTAMP types in SQL.
+     
+  @param type    Field type, as returned by field->type().
+  @retval true   If field type is temporal
+  @retval false  If field type is not temporal
+*/
+inline bool is_temporal_type(enum_field_types type)
+{
+  return mysql_type_to_time_type(type) != MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_ERROR;
+}
+
 /*
   Virtual_column_info is the class to contain additional
   characteristics that is specific for a virtual/computed