Merge mysql.com:/home/dlenev/src/mysql-5.0-bg13525

into  mysql.com:/home/dlenev/src/mysql-5.1-merges2


client/mysqltest.c:
  Auto merged
include/my_global.h:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/heap.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/merge.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/ps.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/trigger.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/view.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/t/ps.test:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/t/trigger.test:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/t/view.test:
  Auto merged
sql/field.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/field.h:
  Auto merged
sql/ha_myisammrg.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_base.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_parse.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_select.h:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_show.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_table.cc:
  Auto merged
storage/myisammrg/myrg_queue.c:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_rename.cc:
  Manual merge.
sql/sql_trigger.cc:
  Manual merge.
sql/sql_yacc.yy:
  Manual merge.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sql/field.h b/sql/field.h
index 15c54f65ef7..ad8b34594b7 100644
--- a/sql/field.h
+++ b/sql/field.h
@@ -1410,9 +1410,10 @@ public:
   */
   ulong length;
   /*
-    The value of 'length' before a call to create_length_to_internal_length
+    The value of `length' as set by parser: is the number of characters
+    for most of the types, or of bytes for BLOBs or numeric types.
   */
-  uint32 chars_length;
+  uint32 char_length;
   uint  decimals, flags, pack_length, key_length;
   Field::utype unireg_check;
   TYPELIB *interval;			// Which interval to use