1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sql/field.h b/sql/field.h
index 9b81931d416..b3541b38973 100644
--- a/sql/field.h
+++ b/sql/field.h
@@ -342,7 +342,10 @@ public:
   virtual int pack_cmp(const char *b, uint key_length_arg,
                        my_bool insert_or_update)
   { return cmp(ptr,b); }
-  uint offset();			// Should be inline ...
+  uint offset(byte *record)
+  {
+    return (uint) (ptr - (char*) record);
+  }
   void copy_from_tmp(int offset);
   uint fill_cache_field(struct st_cache_field *copy);
   virtual bool get_date(TIME *ltime,uint fuzzydate);