1 files changed, 67 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sql/item.cc b/sql/item.cc
index 86fa2d82c41..0ea2231ca4b 100644
--- a/sql/item.cc
+++ b/sql/item.cc
@@ -910,6 +910,73 @@ enum_field_types Item::field_type() const
 	  FIELD_TYPE_DOUBLE);
 }
 
+Field *Item::tmp_table_field_from_field_type(TABLE *table)
+{
+  switch (field_type()) 
+  {
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_DECIMAL:
+    return new Field_decimal(max_length, maybe_null, name, table,
+			     unsigned_flag);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_TINY:
+    return new Field_tiny(max_length, maybe_null, name, table,
+			  unsigned_flag);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_SHORT:
+    return new Field_short(max_length, maybe_null, name, table,
+			   unsigned_flag);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_LONG:
+    return new Field_long(max_length, maybe_null, name, table,
+			  unsigned_flag);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_FLOAT:
+    return new Field_float(max_length, maybe_null, name, table, decimals);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+    return new Field_double(max_length, maybe_null, name, table, decimals);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_NULL:
+    return new Field_null(max_length, name, table, &my_charset_bin);
+#ifdef HAVE_LONG_LONG
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_LONGLONG:
+    return new Field_longlong(max_length, maybe_null, name, table,
+			      unsigned_flag);
+#endif
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_NEWDATE:
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_INT24:
+    return new Field_long(max_length, maybe_null, name, table,
+			  unsigned_flag);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_DATE:
+    return new Field_date(maybe_null, name, table, &my_charset_bin);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_TIME:
+    return new Field_time(maybe_null, name, table, &my_charset_bin);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP:
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME:
+    return new Field_datetime(maybe_null, name, table, &my_charset_bin);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_YEAR:
+    return new Field_year(max_length, maybe_null, name, table);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_ENUM:
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_SET:
+    return new Field_long(max_length, maybe_null, name, table,
+			  unsigned_flag);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_TINY_BLOB:
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_MEDIUM_BLOB:
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_LONG_BLOB:
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_BLOB:
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_GEOMETRY:
+    return new Field_blob(max_length, maybe_null, name, table, collation.collation);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING:
+    if (max_length > 255)
+      return new Field_blob(max_length, maybe_null, name, table, collation.collation);
+    else
+      return new Field_varstring(max_length, maybe_null, name, table, collation.collation);
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_STRING:
+    if (max_length > 255)
+      return new Field_blob(max_length, maybe_null, name, table, collation.collation);
+    else
+      return new Field_string(max_length, maybe_null, name, table, collation.collation);
+  default:
+    // This case should never be choosen
+    DBUG_ASSERT(0);
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
+
 /* ARGSUSED */
 void Item_field::make_field(Send_field *tmp_field)
 {