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authorIgor Babaev <igor@askmonty.org>2019-02-03 18:41:18 -0800
committerIgor Babaev <igor@askmonty.org>2019-02-03 18:41:18 -0800
commit37deed3f37561f264f65e162146bbc2ad35fb1a2 (patch)
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Merge branch '10.4' into bb-10.4-mdev16188
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diff --git a/sql/sql_const.h b/sql/sql_const.h
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@@ -33,7 +33,17 @@
#define MAX_SYS_VAR_LENGTH 32
#define MAX_KEY MAX_INDEXES /* Max used keys */
#define MAX_REF_PARTS 32 /* Max parts used as ref */
-#define MAX_KEY_LENGTH 3072 /* max possible key */
+
+/*
+ Maximum length of the data part of an index lookup key.
+
+ The "data part" is defined as the value itself, not including the
+ NULL-indicator bytes or varchar length bytes ("the Extras"). We need this
+ value because there was a bug where length of the Extras were not counted.
+
+ You probably need MAX_KEY_LENGTH, not this constant.
+*/
+#define MAX_DATA_LENGTH_FOR_KEY 3072
#if SIZEOF_OFF_T > 4
#define MAX_REFLENGTH 8 /* Max length for record ref */
#else