Merge neptunus.(none):/home/msvensson/mysql/mysql-5.0

into  neptunus.(none):/home/msvensson/mysql/mysql-5.0-maint


client/mysql.cc:
  Auto merged
client/mysqltest.c:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/date_formats.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/union.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/t/union.test:
  Auto merged
sql/field.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/item.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/item_func.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/item_func.h:
  Auto merged
sql/item_strfunc.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/item_strfunc.h:
  Auto merged
sql/item_subselect.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/item_sum.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_yacc.yy:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/func_group.result:
  Merge manually
mysql-test/t/func_group.test:
  Merge manually

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sql/item_sum.cc b/sql/item_sum.cc
index 898ea28985b..0d2a5b3b080 100644
--- a/sql/item_sum.cc
+++ b/sql/item_sum.cc
@@ -377,7 +377,13 @@ Field *Item_sum::create_tmp_field(bool group, TABLE *table,
   case INT_RESULT:
     return new Field_longlong(max_length,maybe_null,name,table,unsigned_flag);
   case STRING_RESULT:
-    if (max_length/collation.collation->mbmaxlen > 255 && convert_blob_length)
+    /* 
+      Make sure that the blob fits into a Field_varstring which has 
+      2-byte lenght. 
+    */
+    if (max_length/collation.collation->mbmaxlen > 255 && 
+        max_length/collation.collation->mbmaxlen < UINT_MAX16 &&
+        convert_blob_length)
       return new Field_varstring(convert_blob_length, maybe_null,
                                  name, table,
                                  collation.collation);