This patch does the following:

1) Fixes breakage in embedded server build for XMLPath push.
2) Hides PARTITION engine from view.
3) Add ENGINES information schema (and it should now be clear from this patch on how to turn any show command into an information schema).

libmysqld/Makefile.am

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ sqlsources = derror.cc field.cc field_conv.cc strfunc.cc filesort.cc \
 	spatial.cc gstream.cc sql_help.cc tztime.cc sql_cursor.cc \
 	sp_head.cc sp_pcontext.cc sp.cc sp_cache.cc sp_rcontext.cc \
 	parse_file.cc sql_view.cc sql_trigger.cc my_decimal.cc \
+	item_xmlfunc.cc \
         rpl_filter.cc sql_partition.cc handlerton.cc sql_plugin.cc
 
 libmysqld_int_a_SOURCES= $(libmysqld_sources) $(libmysqlsources) $(sqlsources)

mysql-test/r/information_schema.result

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ COLLATIONS
 COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY
 COLUMNS
 COLUMN_PRIVILEGES
+ENGINES
 KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
 ROUTINES
 SCHEMATA
@@ -723,7 +724,7 @@ CREATE TABLE t_crashme ( f1 BIGINT);
 CREATE VIEW a1 (t_CRASHME) AS SELECT f1 FROM t_crashme GROUP BY f1;
 CREATE VIEW a2 AS SELECT t_CRASHME FROM a1;
 count(*)
-102
+103
 drop view a2, a1;
 drop table t_crashme;
 select table_schema,table_name, column_name from
@@ -793,7 +794,7 @@ delete from mysql.db where user='mysqltest_4';
 flush privileges;
 SELECT table_schema, count(*) FROM information_schema.TABLES GROUP BY TABLE_SCHEMA;
 table_schema	count(*)
-information_schema	16
+information_schema	17
 mysql	18
 create table t1 (i int, j int);
 create trigger trg1 before insert on t1 for each row
@@ -1056,3 +1057,6 @@ where table_name="v1";
 table_type
 VIEW
 drop view v1;
+select * from information_schema.engines WHERE ENGINE="MyISAM";
+ENGINE	SUPPORT	COMMENT	TRANSACTIONS	XA	SAVEPOINTS
+MyISAM	ENABLED	Default engine as of MySQL 3.23 with great performance	NO	NO	NO

mysql-test/r/information_schema_db.result

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ COLLATIONS
 COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY
 COLUMNS
 COLUMN_PRIVILEGES
+ENGINES
 KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
 ROUTINES
 SCHEMATA

mysql-test/t/information_schema.test

@@ -748,3 +748,9 @@ drop table t1;
 select table_type from information_schema.tables
 where table_name="v1";
 drop view v1;
+
+#
+# Show engines
+#
+
+select * from information_schema.engines WHERE ENGINE="MyISAM";

sql/ha_partition.cc

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ handlerton partition_hton = {
   NULL, /* Flush logs */
   NULL, /* Show status */
   NULL, /* Replication Report Sent Binlog */
-  HTON_NOT_USER_SELECTABLE
+  HTON_NOT_USER_SELECTABLE | HTON_HIDDEN
 };
 
 static handler *partition_create_handler(TABLE_SHARE *share)

sql/sql_parse.cc

@@ -2229,6 +2229,7 @@ int prepare_schema_table(THD *thd, LEX *lex, Table_ident *table_ident,
   case SCH_STATUS:
   case SCH_PROCEDURES:
   case SCH_CHARSETS:
+  case SCH_ENGINES:
   case SCH_COLLATIONS:
   case SCH_COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY:
   case SCH_USER_PRIVILEGES:

sql/sql_show.cc

@@ -2767,6 +2767,46 @@ int fill_schema_charsets(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables, COND *cond)
 }
 
 
+int fill_schema_engines(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables, COND *cond)
+{
+  const char *wild= thd->lex->wild ? thd->lex->wild->ptr() : NullS;
+  TABLE *table= tables->table;
+  CHARSET_INFO *scs= system_charset_info;
+  handlerton **types;
+
+  DBUG_ENTER("fill_schema_engines");
+
+  for (types= sys_table_types; *types; types++)
+  {
+    if ((*types)->flags & HTON_HIDDEN)
+      continue;
+
+    if (!(wild && wild[0] &&
+          wild_case_compare(scs, (*types)->name,wild)))
+    {
+      const char *tmp;
+      restore_record(table, s->default_values);
+
+      table->field[0]->store((*types)->name, strlen((*types)->name), scs);
+      tmp= (*types)->state ? "DISABLED" : "ENABLED";
+      table->field[1]->store( tmp, strlen(tmp), scs);
+      table->field[2]->store((*types)->comment, strlen((*types)->comment), scs);
+      tmp= (*types)->commit ? "YES" : "NO";
+      table->field[3]->store( tmp, strlen(tmp), scs);
+      tmp= (*types)->prepare ? "YES" : "NO";
+      table->field[4]->store( tmp, strlen(tmp), scs);
+      tmp= (*types)->savepoint_set ? "YES" : "NO";
+      table->field[5]->store( tmp, strlen(tmp), scs);
+
+      if (schema_table_store_record(thd, table))
+        DBUG_RETURN(1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  DBUG_RETURN(0);
+}
+
+
 int fill_schema_collation(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables, COND *cond)
 {
   CHARSET_INFO **cs;
@@ -3821,6 +3861,7 @@ int make_schema_select(THD *thd, SELECT_LEX *sel,
   ST_SCHEMA_TABLE *schema_table= get_schema_table(schema_table_idx);
   LEX_STRING db, table;
   DBUG_ENTER("mysql_schema_select");
+  DBUG_PRINT("enter", ("mysql_schema_select: %s", schema_table->table_name));
   /*
      We have to make non const db_name & table_name
      because of lower_case_table_names
@@ -3974,6 +4015,18 @@ ST_FIELD_INFO collation_fields_info[]=
 };
 
 
+ST_FIELD_INFO engines_fields_info[]=
+{
+  {"ENGINE", 64, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, "Engine"},
+  {"SUPPORT", 8, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, "Support"},
+  {"COMMENT", 80, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, "Comment"},
+  {"TRANSACTIONS", 3, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, "Transactions"},
+  {"XA", 3, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, "XA"},
+  {"SAVEPOINTS", 3 ,MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, "Savepoints"},
+  {0, 0, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0}
+};
+
+
 ST_FIELD_INFO coll_charset_app_fields_info[]=
 {
   {"COLLATION_NAME", 64, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -4174,6 +4227,9 @@ ST_FIELD_INFO variables_fields_info[]=
 
 /*
   Description of ST_FIELD_INFO in table.h
+
+  Make sure that the order of schema_tables and enum_schema_tables are the same.
+
 */
 
 ST_SCHEMA_TABLE schema_tables[]=
@@ -4188,6 +4244,8 @@ ST_SCHEMA_TABLE schema_tables[]=
    get_all_tables, make_columns_old_format, get_schema_column_record, 1, 2, 0},
   {"COLUMN_PRIVILEGES", column_privileges_fields_info, create_schema_table,
     fill_schema_column_privileges, 0, 0, -1, -1, 0},
+  {"ENGINES", engines_fields_info, create_schema_table,
+        fill_schema_engines, make_old_format, 0, -1, -1, 0},
   {"KEY_COLUMN_USAGE", key_column_usage_fields_info, create_schema_table,
     get_all_tables, 0, get_schema_key_column_usage_record, 4, 5, 0},
   {"OPEN_TABLES", open_tables_fields_info, create_schema_table,

sql/sql_yacc.yy

@@ -7098,6 +7098,9 @@ show_param:
 	  {
 	    LEX *lex=Lex;
 	    lex->sql_command= SQLCOM_SHOW_STORAGE_ENGINES;
+            lex->orig_sql_command= SQLCOM_SHOW_AUTHORS;
+            if (prepare_schema_table(YYTHD, lex, 0, SCH_ENGINES))
+              YYABORT;
 	  }
 	| AUTHORS_SYM
 	  {

sql/table.h

@@ -314,6 +314,9 @@ typedef struct st_foreign_key_info
   List<LEX_STRING> referenced_fields;
 } FOREIGN_KEY_INFO;
 
+/*
+  Make sure that the order of schema_tables and enum_schema_tables are the same.
+*/
 
 enum enum_schema_tables
 {
@@ -322,6 +325,7 @@ enum enum_schema_tables
   SCH_COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY,
   SCH_COLUMNS,
   SCH_COLUMN_PRIVILEGES,
+  SCH_ENGINES,
   SCH_KEY_COLUMN_USAGE,
   SCH_OPEN_TABLES,
   SCH_PROCEDURES,