The fix is: if user has privileges to view fields and user has any
(insert,select,delete,update) privileges on underlying view 
then 'show fields' and select from I_S.COLUMNS table are sucsessful.

into  mysql.com:/home/gluh/MySQL/Merge/5.0-kt

into  trift2.:/M50/merge-4.1-to-5.0

into  bk-internal.mysql.com:/data0/bk/mysql-5.0-kt

into  trift2.:/M50/merge-4.1-to-5.0

into  trift2.:/M50/merge-4.1-to-5.0

into  trift2.:/M50/merge-4.1-to-5.0

into  xiphis.org:/home/antony/work2/merge/mysql-5.0

into  mysql.com:/home/hf/work/mysql-5.0.20950

on Windows.

Code added to look for different names on Windows

into  mysql.com:/home/hf/work/mysql-5.0.19672

- Adapt it to work with the handlerton class

into  salvation.intern.azundris.com:/home/tnurnberg/mysql-5.0

 - backport patch from 5.0
 - "table" can be NULL in temporary fields used for type conversion

into  salvation.intern.azundris.com:/home/tnurnberg/work/mysql-5.0-merge

REPLACE ... SELECT would require INSERT privileges on certain tables
when SELECT really suffices. Require INSERT only on target table.

Post merge changes.

  Added new "mysql_explain_log" man page
  Added missing install of "myisam_ftdump" man page
  Added missing install of "mysqlman" man page

into  govinda.patg.net:/home/patg/mysql-build/mysql-5.0-bug18764.2

into  moonbone.local:/work/tmp_merge-5.0-opt-mysql

into  moonbone.local:/work/tmp_merge-4.1-opt-mysql

into  moonbone.local:/work/tmp_merge-5.0-opt-mysql

into  moonbone.local:/work/tmp_merge-4.1-opt-mysql

into  rama.(none):/home/jimw/my/mysql-5.0-17608

into  rama.(none):/home/jimw/my/mysql-5.0-12673

into  moonbone.local:/work/tmp_merge-5.0-opt-mysql

into  production.mysql.com:/usersnfs/abotchkov/mysql-5.0.mrg

Please use "ul" when merging this changeset to 5.0.

into  mysql.com:/home/hf/work/mysql-5.0.mrg

into  neptunus.(none):/home/msvensson/mysql/mysql-5.0

Removed logic in ha_federated::write_row, which checks field query ids in the
loop which builds the query to run on the remote server.

into  rurik.mysql.com:/home/igor/mysql-5.0-opt

into  rama.(none):/home/jimw/my/mysql-5.0-17485

into  olga.mysql.com:/home/igor/mysql-5.0-opt

1) When initializing a boolean variable, do not use string representations '"false"' and '"true"' 
    but rather the boolean values 'false' and 'true'.
2) Add the module to the various Windows description files.