manual.texi misc. small fixes

@code{LOCATE()} and @code{INSTR()} are case sensitive if one of the

arguments is a binary string.

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@code{STRCMP()} now uses the current character set when doing comparison,

which means that the default comparison is case insensitive.

@code{STRCMP()} now uses the current character set when doing comparisons,

which means that the default comparison behavior now is case insensitive.

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@code{HEX(string)} now returns the characters in string converted to

hexadecimal.  If you want to convert a number to hexadecimal, you should

collating functions.

Right now the best documentation on this is the character sets that are

already implemented.  Look at the big5, czech, gbk, sjis, and tis160

character sets for examples.

already implemented.  Look at the @code{big5}, @code{czech}, @code{gbk},

@code{sjis}, and @code{tis160} character sets for examples.

You must specify the @code{strxfrm_multiply_MYSET=N} value in the

special comment at the top of the file.  @code{N} should be set to

@subsection Non-Type-Specific Operators and Functions

@menu

* Parenthesis::                 Parenthesis

* Parenthesis::                 Parentheses

* Comparison Operators::        Comparison Operators

* Logical Operators::           Logical Operators

* Control flow functions::      Control Flow Functions

@node Parenthesis, Comparison Operators, Non-typed Operators, Non-typed Operators

@subsubsection Parenthesis

@subsubsection Parentheses

@findex () (parentheses)

@findex parentheses ( and )

( ... )

@end example

Use parenthesis to force the order of evaluation in an expression.  For

Use parentheses to force the order of evaluation in an expression.  For

example:

@example

        -> 4

@end example

Note that for @code{CHAR_LENGTH()}, multi-byte characters are only counted

once.

Note that for @code{CHAR_LENGTH()} and @code{CHARACTER_LENGTH()}, multi-byte

characters are only counted once.

@findex BIT_LENGTH()

@item BIT_LENGTH(str)

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Fixed bug in multi-table @code{DELETE}.

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Fixed bug in @code{SELECT CONCAT(argument-list) ... GROUP BY 1}.

Fixed bug in @code{SELECT CONCAT(argument_list) ... GROUP BY 1}.

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@code{INSERT ... SELECT} did a full rollback in case of an error. Fixed

so that we only roll back the last statement in the current transaction.

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New character set @code{latin_de} which provides correct German sorting.

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@code{STRCMP()} now uses the current character set when doing comparison,

which means that the default comparison is case insensitive.

@code{STRCMP()} now uses the current character set when doing comparisons,

which means that the default comparison behavior now is case insensitive.

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@code{TRUNCATE TABLE} and @code{DELETE FROM tbl_name} are now separate

functions. One bonus is that @code{DELETE FROM tbl_name} now returns

@itemize @bullet

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Our Linux RPMS and binaries are now compiled with gcc 3.0.4, which should

make them a bit faster.

Our Linux RPMS and binaries are now compiled with @code{gcc} 3.0.4, which

should make them a bit faster.

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Fixed some buffer overflow problems when reading startup parameters.

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Because of problems on shutdown we have now disabled named pipes on

windows by default.  One can enable this with by starting mysqld with

Windows by default.  To override this, start @code{mysqld} with

@code{--enable-named-pipe}.

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Fixed bug when using @code{WHERE key_column = 'J' or key_column='j'}.

Fixed bug when using a reference to an @code{AVG()} column in @code{HAVING}.

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Fixed that date functions that require correct dates, like

@code{DAYOFYEAR(column)} will return @code{NULL} for @code{0000-00-00} dates.

@code{DAYOFYEAR(column)}, will return @code{NULL} for @code{0000-00-00} dates.

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Fixed bug in const-propagation when comparing columns of different

types. (@code{SELECT * FROM date_col="2001-01-01" and date_col=time_col})

@code{DROP DATABASE} now works also for @code{InnoDB} tables.

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@code{InnoDB} now supports data files and raw disk partitions bigger

than 4 GB on those operating systems which have big files.

than 4 GB on those operating systems that have big files.

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@code{InnoDB} calculates better table cardinality estimates for the

MySQL optimiser.

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Fixed a bug in @code{REPLACE()} when using the @code{ujis} character set.

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Applied Sleepycat BDB patches 3.2.9.1 and 3.2.9.2.

Applied Sleepycat @code{BDB} patches 3.2.9.1 and 3.2.9.2.

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Added @code{--skip-stack-trace} option to @code{mysqld}.

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Fixed bug when using @code{DISTINCT} on results from functions that referred

to a group function, like:

@example

SELECT a, DISTINCT SEC_TO_TIME(sum(a))

from tbl_name GROUP BY a, b;

SELECT a, DISTINCT SEC_TO_TIME(SUM(a))

FROM tbl_name GROUP BY a, b;

@end example

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Fixed buffer overrun in @code{libmysqlclient} library.

If you do a @code{DROP DATABASE} on a symbolically linked database, both

the link and the original database is deleted.

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Fixed that @code{DROP DATABASE} works on OS/2.

Fixed @code{DROP DATABASE} to work on OS/2.

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Fixed bug when doing a @code{SELECT DISTINCT ... table1 LEFT JOIN

table2 ...} when @code{table2} was empty.

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Applied patches for OS/2 by @code{Yuri Dario}.

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@code{FLUSH TABLES table_name} didn't always flush the index tree

@code{FLUSH TABLES tbl_name} didn't always flush the index tree

to disk properly.

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@code{--bootstrap} is now run in a separate thread. This fixes a problem

Fixed a bug in @code{MyISAM} when running multiple updating processes on

the same table.

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Allow one to use @code{FLUSH TABLE tablename}.

Allow one to use @code{FLUSH TABLE tbl_name}.

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Added @code{--replicate-ignore-table}, @code{--replicate-do-table},

@code{--replicate-wild-ignore-table}, and @code{--replicate-wild-do-table}

Added @code{TRUNCATE table_name} as a synonym for

@code{DELETE FROM table_name}.

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Fixed a bug in a BDB key compare function when comparing part keys.

Fixed a bug in a @code{BDB} key compare function when comparing part keys.

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Added @code{bdb_lock_max} variable to @code{mysqld}.

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@code{TIMESTAMP(X)} columns, MySQL now reports columns with @code{X}

other than 14 or 8 to be strings.

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Changed sort order for latin1 as it was before MySQL Version 3.23.23.

Changed sort order for @code{latin1} as it was before MySQL Version 3.23.23.

Any table that was created or modified with 3.23.22 must be repaired if it has

@code{CHAR} columns that may contain characters with ASCII values greater than

128!

only a part of the column was indexed, the whole column of the result

row wasn't compared.

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Fix for sjis character set and @code{ORDER BY}.

Fix for @code{sjis} character set and @code{ORDER BY}.

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When running in ANSI mode, don't allow columns to be used that aren't in

the @code{GROUP BY} part.

Fixed bug in @code{MyISAM} involving @code{REPLACE ... SELECT ...} which could

give a corrupted table.

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Fixed bug in @code{myisamchk} where it wrongly reset the @code{AUTO_INCREMENT}

value.

Fixed bug in @code{myisamchk} where it incorrectly reset the

@code{AUTO_INCREMENT} value.

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LOTS of patches for Linux Alpha. MySQL now appears to be relatively

stable on Alpha.

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Fixed core dump with some @code{COUNT(DISTINCT ...)} queries.

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Fixed that @code{myisamchk} works properly with RAID:ed tables.

Fixed that @code{myisamchk} works properly with RAID tables.

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Fixed problem with @code{LEFT JOIN} and @code{key_field IS NULL}.

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Fixed problem with timestamps and @code{INSERT DELAYED}.

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Fixed that @code{date_column BETWEEN const_date AND const_date} works.

Fixed that @code{date_col BETWEEN const_date AND const_date} works.

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Fixed problem when only changing a 0 to @code{NULL} in a table with

@code{BLOB/TEXT} columns.

didn't change row type from dynamic to fixed.

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Disabled floating-point exceptions for FreeBSD to fix core dump when

doing @code{SELECT floor(pow(2,63))}.

doing @code{SELECT FLOOR(POW(2,63))}.

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Renamed @code{mysqld} startup option from @code{--delay-key-write} to

@code{--delay-key-write-for-all-tables}.

that take a long time to a separate log file with a time indicating how

long the query took.

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Fixed core dump when doing @code{WHERE key_column=RAND(...)}.

Fixed core dump when doing @code{WHERE key_col=RAND(...)}.

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Fixed optimisation bug in @code{SELECT ... LEFT JOIN ... key_column IS NULL},

when @code{key_column} could contain @code{NULL} values.

Fixed optimisation bug in @code{SELECT ... LEFT JOIN ... key_col IS NULL},

when @code{key_col} could contain @code{NULL} values.

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Fixed problem with 8-bit characters as separators in @code{LOAD DATA INFILE}.

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Option @code{--delay-key-write} didn't enable delayed key writing.

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Fixed update of @code{TEXT} column which only involved case changes.

Fixed update of @code{TEXT} column which involved only case changes.

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Fixed that @code{INSERT DELAYED} doesn't update timestamps that are given.

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Added function @code{YEARWEEK()} and options @code{x}, @code{X}, @code{v} and

@code{V} to @code{DATE_FORMAT()}.

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Fixed problem with @code{MAX(indexed_column)} and HEAP tables.

Fixed problem with @code{MAX(indexed_column)} and @code{HEAP} tables.

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Fixed problem with @code{BLOB NULL} keys and @code{LIKE "prefix%"}.

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Added @code{SELECT ... INTO DUMPFILE}.

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Added @code{--ansi} option to @code{mysqld} to make some functions

@code{ANSI SQL} compatible.

ANSI SQL compatible.

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Temporary table names now start with @code{#sql}.

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Changed to use @code{snprintf()} when printing floats to avoid some buffer

overflows on FreeBSD.

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Made @code{floor()} overflow safe on FreeBSD.

Made @code{FLOOR()} overflow safe on FreeBSD.

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Added @code{--quote-names} option to @code{mysqldump}.

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Date handling should now be a bit faster.

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Added handling of fuzzy dates (dates where day or month is 0), such as

1999-01-00.

@code{'1999-01-00'}.

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Fixed optimisation of @code{SELECT ... WHERE key_part1=const1 AND

key_part_2=const2 AND key_part1=const4 AND key_part2=const4}; Indextype

Fixed optimiser problem on @code{SELECT} when using many overlapping indexes.

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Disabled floating-point exceptions for FreeBSD to fix core dump when

doing @code{SELECT floor(pow(2,63))}.

doing @code{SELECT FLOOR(POW(2,63))}.

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Added print of default arguments options to all clients.

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