Merge bk-internal.mysql.com:/data0/bk/mysql-5.0

into  bk-internal.mysql.com:/data0/bk/mysql-5.0-opt


client/mysqldump.c:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/ps_2myisam.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/ps_3innodb.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/ps_4heap.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/ps_5merge.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/ps_6bdb.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/ps_7ndb.result:
  Auto merged
sql/field.h:
  Auto merged
sql/item_func.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/my_decimal.h:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_base.cc:
  Auto merged

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sql/item_sum.cc b/sql/item_sum.cc
index d6b31d43389..ea2a14ffb63 100644
--- a/sql/item_sum.cc
+++ b/sql/item_sum.cc
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ Field *Item_sum::create_tmp_field(bool group, TABLE *table,
       2-byte lenght. 
     */
     if (max_length/collation.collation->mbmaxlen > 255 && 
-        convert_blob_length < UINT_MAX16 && convert_blob_length)
+        convert_blob_length <= Field_varstring::MAX_SIZE && convert_blob_length)
       return new Field_varstring(convert_blob_length, maybe_null,
                                  name, table,
                                  collation.collation);
@@ -3269,14 +3269,20 @@ bool Item_func_group_concat::setup(THD *thd)
   tmp_table_param->force_copy_fields= force_copy_fields;
   DBUG_ASSERT(table == 0);
   /*
+    Currently we have to force conversion of BLOB values to VARCHAR's
+    if we are to store them in TREE objects used for ORDER BY and
+    DISTINCT. This leads to truncation if the BLOB's size exceeds
+    Field_varstring::MAX_SIZE.
+  */
+  if (arg_count_order > 0 || distinct)
+    set_if_smaller(tmp_table_param->convert_blob_length, 
+                   Field_varstring::MAX_SIZE);
+  /*
     We have to create a temporary table to get descriptions of fields
     (types, sizes and so on).
 
     Note that in the table, we first have the ORDER BY fields, then the
     field list.
-
-    We need to set set_sum_field in true for storing value of blob in buffer
-    of a record instead of a pointer of one.
   */
   if (!(table= create_tmp_table(thd, tmp_table_param, all_fields,
                                 (ORDER*) 0, 0, TRUE,