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diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index a28ae38c675..ad2b6c5fd68 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ char server_version[SERVER_VERSION_LENGTH];
char *mysqld_unix_port, *opt_mysql_tmpdir;
const char **errmesg; /* Error messages */
const char *myisam_recover_options_str="OFF";
+const char *myisam_stats_method_str="nulls_inequal";
/* name of reference on left espression in rewritten IN subquery */
const char *in_left_expr_name= "<left expr>";
/* name of additional condition */
@@ -4358,6 +4359,7 @@ enum options_mysqld
OPT_MAX_ERROR_COUNT, OPT_MULTI_RANGE_COUNT, OPT_MYISAM_DATA_POINTER_SIZE,
OPT_MYISAM_BLOCK_SIZE, OPT_MYISAM_MAX_EXTRA_SORT_FILE_SIZE,
OPT_MYISAM_MAX_SORT_FILE_SIZE, OPT_MYISAM_SORT_BUFFER_SIZE,
+ OPT_MYISAM_STATS_METHOD,
OPT_NET_BUFFER_LENGTH, OPT_NET_RETRY_COUNT,
OPT_NET_READ_TIMEOUT, OPT_NET_WRITE_TIMEOUT,
OPT_OPEN_FILES_LIMIT,
@@ -5513,6 +5515,11 @@ The minimum value for this variable is 4096.",
(gptr*) &global_system_variables.myisam_sort_buff_size,
(gptr*) &max_system_variables.myisam_sort_buff_size, 0,
GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 8192*1024, 4, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
+ {"myisam_stats_method", OPT_MYISAM_STATS_METHOD,
+ "Specifies how MyISAM index statistics collection code should threat NULLs. "
+ "Possible values of name are \"nulls_inequal\" (default behavior for 4.1/5.0), and \"nulls_equal\" (emulate 4.0 behavior).",
+ (gptr*) &myisam_stats_method_str, (gptr*) &myisam_stats_method_str, 0,
+ GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"net_buffer_length", OPT_NET_BUFFER_LENGTH,
"Buffer length for TCP/IP and socket communication.",
(gptr*) &global_system_variables.net_buffer_length,
@@ -6096,6 +6103,7 @@ static void mysql_init_variables(void)
query_id= thread_id= 1L;
strmov(server_version, MYSQL_SERVER_VERSION);
myisam_recover_options_str= sql_mode_str= "OFF";
+ myisam_stats_method_str= "nulls_inequal";
my_bind_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
threads.empty();
thread_cache.empty();
@@ -6144,6 +6152,12 @@ static void mysql_init_variables(void)
global_system_variables.max_join_size= (ulonglong) HA_POS_ERROR;
max_system_variables.max_join_size= (ulonglong) HA_POS_ERROR;
global_system_variables.old_passwords= 0;
+
+ /*
+ Default behavior for 4.1 and 5.0 is to treat NULL values as inequal
+ when collecting index statistics for MyISAM tables.
+ */
+ global_system_variables.myisam_stats_method= MI_STATS_METHOD_NULLS_NOT_EQUAL;
/* Variables that depends on compile options */
#ifndef DBUG_OFF
@@ -6753,6 +6767,16 @@ get_one_option(int optid, const struct my_option *opt __attribute__((unused)),
fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option to tc-heuristic-recover: %s\n",argument);
exit(1);
}
+ case OPT_MYISAM_STATS_METHOD:
+ {
+ myisam_stats_method_str= argument;
+ int method;
+ if ((method=find_type(argument, &myisam_stats_method_typelib, 2)) <= 0)
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Invalid value of myisam_stats_method: %s.\n", argument);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ global_system_variables.myisam_stats_method= method;
break;
}
case OPT_SQL_MODE: