Manual merge

sql/item_buff.cc:
  Auto merged

mysql-test/r/group_by.result

@@ -723,27 +723,6 @@ WHERE hostname LIKE '%aol%'
 hostname	no
 cache-dtc-af05.proxy.aol.com	1
 DROP TABLE t1;
-create table t1 (c1 char(3), c2 char(3));
-create table t2 (c3 char(3), c4 char(3));
-insert into t1 values ('aaa', 'bb1'), ('aaa', 'bb2');
-insert into t2 values ('aaa', 'bb1'), ('aaa', 'bb2');
-select t1.c1 as c2 from t1, t2 where t1.c2 = t2.c4
-group by c2;
-c2
-aaa
-aaa
-Warnings:
-Warning	1052	Column 'c2' in group statement is ambiguous
-show warnings;
-Level	Code	Message
-Warning	1052	Column 'c2' in group statement is ambiguous
-select t1.c1 as c2 from t1, t2 where t1.c2 = t2.c4
-group by t1.c1;
-c2
-aaa
-show warnings;
-Level	Code	Message
-drop table t1, t2;
 CREATE TABLE t1 (a  int, b int);
 INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,2), (1,3);
 SELECT a, b FROM t1 GROUP BY 'const';
@@ -762,3 +741,13 @@ SELECT dt DIV 1 AS f, id FROM t1 GROUP BY f;
 f	id
 20050501123000	1
 DROP TABLE t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (id varchar(20) NOT NULL);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('trans1'), ('trans2');
+CREATE TABLE t2 (id varchar(20) NOT NULL, err_comment blob NOT NULL);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES ('trans1', 'a problem');
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(t1.id)), LEFT(err_comment, 256) AS err_comment
+FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON t1.id=t2.id GROUP BY err_comment;
+COUNT(DISTINCT(t1.id))	err_comment
+1	NULL
+1	a problem
+DROP TABLE t1, t2;

mysql-test/t/group_by.test

@@ -542,30 +542,6 @@ SELECT hostname, COUNT(DISTINCT user_id) as no FROM t1
 
 DROP TABLE t1;
 
-#
-# Bug#11211: Ambiguous column reference in GROUP BY.
-#
-
-create table t1 (c1 char(3), c2 char(3));
-create table t2 (c3 char(3), c4 char(3));
-insert into t1 values ('aaa', 'bb1'), ('aaa', 'bb2');
-insert into t2 values ('aaa', 'bb1'), ('aaa', 'bb2');
-
-# query with ambiguous column reference 'c2'
---disable_ps_protocol
-select t1.c1 as c2 from t1, t2 where t1.c2 = t2.c4
-group by c2;
-show warnings;
---enable_ps_protocol
-
-# this query has no ambiguity
-select t1.c1 as c2 from t1, t2 where t1.c2 = t2.c4
-group by t1.c1;
-
-show warnings;
-
-drop table t1, t2;
-
 #
 # Test for bug #8614: GROUP BY 'const' with DISTINCT  
 #
@@ -589,3 +565,18 @@ INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ( 1, '2005-05-01 12:30:00' );
 SELECT dt DIV 1 AS f, id FROM t1 GROUP BY f;
 
 DROP TABLE t1;
+
+#
+# Test for bug #11295: GROUP BY a BLOB column with COUNT(DISTINCT column1) 
+#                      when the BLOB column takes NULL values
+# 
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (id varchar(20) NOT NULL);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('trans1'), ('trans2');
+CREATE TABLE t2 (id varchar(20) NOT NULL, err_comment blob NOT NULL);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES ('trans1', 'a problem');
+
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(t1.id)), LEFT(err_comment, 256) AS err_comment
+  FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON t1.id=t2.id GROUP BY err_comment;
+
+DROP TABLE t1, t2;

sql/item_buff.cc

@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ bool Cached_item_str::cmp(void)
   String *res;
   bool tmp;
 
-  res=item->val_str(&tmp_value);
-  res->length(min(res->length(), value.alloced_length()));
+  if ((res=item->val_str(&tmp_value)))
+    res->length(min(res->length(), value.alloced_length()));
   if (null_value != item->null_value)
   {
     if ((null_value= item->null_value))