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Analysis: The queries in question use the [unique | index]_subquery execution methods. These methods reuse the ref keys constructed by create_ref_for_key(). The way create_ref_for_key() works is that it doesn't store in ref.key_copy[] store_key elements that represent constants. In particular it doesn't store the store_key for NULL constants. The execution of [unique | index]_subquery calls subselect_uniquesubquery_engine::copy_ref_key, which in addition to copy the left IN argument into a index lookup key, is supposed to detect if the left IN argument contains NULLs. Since the store_key for the NULL constant is not copied into the key array, the null is not detected, and execution erroneously proceeds as if it should look for a complete match. Solution: The solution (unlike MySQL) is to reuse already computed information about NULL presence. Item_in_optimizer::val_int already finds out if the left IN operand contains NULLs. The fix propagates this to the execution methods subselect_[unique | index]subquery_engine::exec so it knows if there were NULL values independent of the presence of keys. In addition the patch siplifies copy_ref_key() and the logic that hanldes the case of NULLs in the left IN operand.
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