Merge jwinstead@bk-internal.mysql.com:/home/bk/mysql-5.0

into mysql.com:/home/jwinstead2/mysql-5.0-clean

client/completion_hash.cc

@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ int completion_hash_update(HashTable *ht, char *arKey, uint nKeyLength,
       if (!memcmp(p->arKey, arKey, nKeyLength)) {
 	entry *n;
 
-	n = (entry *) alloc_root(&ht->mem_root,sizeof(entry));
+	if (!(n = (entry *) alloc_root(&ht->mem_root,sizeof(entry))))
+          return FAILURE;
 	n->pNext = p->pData;
 	n->str = str;
 	p->pData = n;

client/mysql.cc

@@ -1502,7 +1502,10 @@ You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A\n\n");
       if (!(field_names[i] = (char **) alloc_root(&hash_mem_root,
 						  sizeof(char *) *
 						  (num_fields*2+1))))
-	break;
+      {
+        mysql_free_result(fields);
+        break;
+      }
       field_names[i][num_fields*2]= '\0';
       j=0;
       while ((sql_field=mysql_fetch_field(fields)))
@@ -2077,10 +2080,10 @@ print_table_data_html(MYSQL_RES *result)
   }
   while ((cur = mysql_fetch_row(result)))
   {
+    ulong *lengths=mysql_fetch_lengths(result);
     (void) tee_fputs("<TR>", PAGER);
     for (uint i=0; i < mysql_num_fields(result); i++)
     {
-      ulong *lengths=mysql_fetch_lengths(result);
       (void) tee_fputs("<TD>", PAGER);
       safe_put_field(cur[i],lengths[i]);
       (void) tee_fputs("</TD>", PAGER);
@@ -2106,10 +2109,10 @@ print_table_data_xml(MYSQL_RES *result)
   fields = mysql_fetch_fields(result);
   while ((cur = mysql_fetch_row(result)))
   {
+    ulong *lengths=mysql_fetch_lengths(result);
     (void) tee_fputs("\n  <row>\n", PAGER);
     for (uint i=0; i < mysql_num_fields(result); i++)
     {
-      ulong *lengths=mysql_fetch_lengths(result);
       tee_fprintf(PAGER, "\t<%s>", (fields[i].name ?
 				  (fields[i].name[0] ? fields[i].name :
 				   " &nbsp; ") : "NULL"));

cmd-line-utils/libedit/makelist.sh

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ case $FLAG in
 #
 -fh)
     cat $FILES | $AWK '/el_action_t/ { print $3 }' | \
-    sort | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]' | $AWK '
+    sort | tr abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ | $AWK '
 	BEGIN {
 	    printf("/* Automatically generated file, do not edit */\n");
 	    printf("#ifndef _h_fcns_c\n#define _h_fcns_c\n");

cmd-line-utils/libedit/parse.c

@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ parse_line(EditLine *el, const char *line)
 	int argc;
 	Tokenizer *tok;
 
-	tok = tok_init(NULL);
+	if (!(tok = tok_init(NULL)))
+          return -1;
 	tok_line(tok, line, &argc, &argv);
 	argc = el_parse(el, argc, argv);
 	tok_end(tok);

mysql-test/r/ndb_index_ordered.result

@@ -419,3 +419,113 @@ SubscrID	SbclID
 3	NULL
 drop table test1;
 drop table test2;
+create table t1 (
+pk int primary key,
+dt datetime not null,
+da date not null,
+ye year not null,
+ti time not null,
+ts timestamp not null,
+index(dt),
+index(da),
+index(ye),
+index(ti),
+index(ts)
+) engine=ndb;
+insert into t1 (pk,dt,da,ye,ti) values
+(1, '1901-05-05 23:00:59', '1901-05-05', '1901', '23:00:59'),
+(2, '1912-09-05 13:00:59', '1912-09-05', '1912', '13:00:59'),
+(3, '1945-12-31 00:00:00', '1945-12-31', '1945', '00:00:00'),
+(4, '1955-12-31 00:00:00', '1955-12-31', '1955', '00:00:00'),
+(5, '1963-06-06 06:06:06', '1963-06-06', '1963', '06:06:06'),
+(6, '1993-06-06 06:06:06', '1993-06-06', '1993', '06:06:06'),
+(7, '2001-01-01 10:11:10', '2001-01-01', '2001', '10:11:10'),
+(8, '2001-01-01 10:11:11', '2001-01-01', '2001', '10:11:11'),
+(9, '2005-01-31 23:59:59', '2005-01-31', '2005', '23:59:59');
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (dt) where dt >  '1900-01-01 00:00:00';
+count(*)-9
+0
+select count(*)-6 from t1 use index (dt) where dt >= '1955-12-31 00:00:00';
+count(*)-6
+0
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (dt) where dt >  '1955-12-31 00:00:00';
+count(*)-5
+0
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (dt) where dt <  '1970-03-03 22:22:22';
+count(*)-5
+0
+select count(*)-7 from t1 use index (dt) where dt <  '2001-01-01 10:11:11';
+count(*)-7
+0
+select count(*)-8 from t1 use index (dt) where dt <= '2001-01-01 10:11:11';
+count(*)-8
+0
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (dt) where dt <= '2055-01-01 00:00:00';
+count(*)-9
+0
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (da) where da >  '1900-01-01';
+count(*)-9
+0
+select count(*)-6 from t1 use index (da) where da >= '1955-12-31';
+count(*)-6
+0
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (da) where da >  '1955-12-31';
+count(*)-5
+0
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (da) where da <  '1970-03-03';
+count(*)-5
+0
+select count(*)-6 from t1 use index (da) where da <  '2001-01-01';
+count(*)-6
+0
+select count(*)-8 from t1 use index (da) where da <= '2001-01-02';
+count(*)-8
+0
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (da) where da <= '2055-01-01';
+count(*)-9
+0
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (ye) where ye >  '1900';
+count(*)-9
+0
+select count(*)-6 from t1 use index (ye) where ye >= '1955';
+count(*)-6
+0
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (ye) where ye >  '1955';
+count(*)-5
+0
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (ye) where ye <  '1970';
+count(*)-5
+0
+select count(*)-6 from t1 use index (ye) where ye <  '2001';
+count(*)-6
+0
+select count(*)-8 from t1 use index (ye) where ye <= '2001';
+count(*)-8
+0
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (ye) where ye <= '2055';
+count(*)-9
+0
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (ti) where ti >= '00:00:00';
+count(*)-9
+0
+select count(*)-7 from t1 use index (ti) where ti >  '00:00:00';
+count(*)-7
+0
+select count(*)-7 from t1 use index (ti) where ti >  '05:05:05';
+count(*)-7
+0
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (ti) where ti >  '06:06:06';
+count(*)-5
+0
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (ti) where ti <  '10:11:11';
+count(*)-5
+0
+select count(*)-6 from t1 use index (ti) where ti <= '10:11:11';
+count(*)-6
+0
+select count(*)-8 from t1 use index (ti) where ti <  '23:59:59';
+count(*)-8
+0
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (ti) where ti <= '23:59:59';
+count(*)-9
+0

mysql-test/t/ndb_index_ordered.test

@@ -203,3 +203,67 @@ SELECT s.SubscrID,l.SbclID FROM test1 s left JOIN test2 l ON
 l.SbcrID=s.SubscrID WHERE s.UsrID=224 order by 1, 2;
 drop table test1;
 drop table test2;
+
+# bug#7424 + bug#7725
+
+create table t1 (
+  pk int primary key,
+  dt datetime not null,
+  da date not null,
+  ye year not null,
+  ti time not null,
+  ts timestamp not null,
+  index(dt),
+  index(da),
+  index(ye),
+  index(ti),
+  index(ts)
+) engine=ndb;
+
+insert into t1 (pk,dt,da,ye,ti) values
+  (1, '1901-05-05 23:00:59', '1901-05-05', '1901', '23:00:59'),
+  (2, '1912-09-05 13:00:59', '1912-09-05', '1912', '13:00:59'),
+  (3, '1945-12-31 00:00:00', '1945-12-31', '1945', '00:00:00'),
+  (4, '1955-12-31 00:00:00', '1955-12-31', '1955', '00:00:00'),
+  (5, '1963-06-06 06:06:06', '1963-06-06', '1963', '06:06:06'),
+  (6, '1993-06-06 06:06:06', '1993-06-06', '1993', '06:06:06'),
+  (7, '2001-01-01 10:11:10', '2001-01-01', '2001', '10:11:10'),
+  (8, '2001-01-01 10:11:11', '2001-01-01', '2001', '10:11:11'),
+  (9, '2005-01-31 23:59:59', '2005-01-31', '2005', '23:59:59');
+
+# datetime
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (dt) where dt >  '1900-01-01 00:00:00';
+select count(*)-6 from t1 use index (dt) where dt >= '1955-12-31 00:00:00';
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (dt) where dt >  '1955-12-31 00:00:00';
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (dt) where dt <  '1970-03-03 22:22:22';
+select count(*)-7 from t1 use index (dt) where dt <  '2001-01-01 10:11:11';
+select count(*)-8 from t1 use index (dt) where dt <= '2001-01-01 10:11:11';
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (dt) where dt <= '2055-01-01 00:00:00';
+
+# date
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (da) where da >  '1900-01-01';
+select count(*)-6 from t1 use index (da) where da >= '1955-12-31';
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (da) where da >  '1955-12-31';
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (da) where da <  '1970-03-03';
+select count(*)-6 from t1 use index (da) where da <  '2001-01-01';
+select count(*)-8 from t1 use index (da) where da <= '2001-01-02';
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (da) where da <= '2055-01-01';
+
+# year
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (ye) where ye >  '1900';
+select count(*)-6 from t1 use index (ye) where ye >= '1955';
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (ye) where ye >  '1955';
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (ye) where ye <  '1970';
+select count(*)-6 from t1 use index (ye) where ye <  '2001';
+select count(*)-8 from t1 use index (ye) where ye <= '2001';
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (ye) where ye <= '2055';
+
+# time
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (ti) where ti >= '00:00:00';
+select count(*)-7 from t1 use index (ti) where ti >  '00:00:00';
+select count(*)-7 from t1 use index (ti) where ti >  '05:05:05';
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (ti) where ti >  '06:06:06';
+select count(*)-5 from t1 use index (ti) where ti <  '10:11:11';
+select count(*)-6 from t1 use index (ti) where ti <= '10:11:11';
+select count(*)-8 from t1 use index (ti) where ti <  '23:59:59';
+select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (ti) where ti <= '23:59:59';

ndb/include/kernel/signaldata/DictTabInfo.hpp

@@ -266,10 +266,11 @@ public:
     ExtBinary = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Binary,
     ExtVarbinary = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Varbinary,
     ExtDatetime = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Datetime,
-    ExtTimespec = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Timespec,
+    ExtDate = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Date,
     ExtBlob = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Blob,
     ExtText = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Text,
-    ExtBit = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Bit
+    ExtBit = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Bit,
+    ExtTime = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Time
   };
 
   // Attribute data interpretation
@@ -371,10 +372,10 @@ public:
         AttributeSize = DictTabInfo::an8Bit;
         AttributeArraySize = 8 * AttributeExtLength;
         return true;
-      case DictTabInfo::ExtTimespec:
+      case DictTabInfo::ExtDate:
         // to fix
         AttributeSize = DictTabInfo::an8Bit;
-        AttributeArraySize = 12 * AttributeExtLength;
+        AttributeArraySize = 3 * AttributeExtLength;
         return true;
       case DictTabInfo::ExtBlob:
       case DictTabInfo::ExtText:
@@ -382,6 +383,10 @@ public:
         // head + inline part [ attr precision lower half ]
         AttributeArraySize = (NDB_BLOB_HEAD_SIZE << 2) + (AttributeExtPrecision & 0xFFFF);
         return true;
+      case DictTabInfo::ExtTime:
+        AttributeSize = DictTabInfo::an8Bit;
+        AttributeArraySize = 3 * AttributeExtLength;
+        return true;
       case DictTabInfo::ExtBit:
 	AttributeSize = DictTabInfo::aBit;
 	AttributeArraySize = AttributeExtLength;

ndb/include/ndb_constants.h

@@ -53,12 +53,16 @@
 #define NDB_TYPE_VARCHAR                15
 #define NDB_TYPE_BINARY                 16
 #define NDB_TYPE_VARBINARY              17
-#define NDB_TYPE_DATETIME               18      // need to fix
+#define NDB_TYPE_DATETIME               18
-#define NDB_TYPE_TIMESPEC               19      // need to fix
+#define NDB_TYPE_DATE                   19
 #define NDB_TYPE_BLOB                   20
 #define NDB_TYPE_TEXT                   21
 #define NDB_TYPE_BIT                    22
 
-#define NDB_TYPE_MAX                    23
+// fill in NDB_TYPE_LONGVAR* at next merge 5.0-ndb -> 5.0
+
+#define NDB_TYPE_TIME                   25
+
+#define NDB_TYPE_MAX                    26
  
 #endif

ndb/include/ndbapi/NdbDictionary.hpp

@@ -183,10 +183,11 @@ public:
       Binary = NDB_TYPE_BINARY,        ///< Len
       Varbinary = NDB_TYPE_VARBINARY,     ///< Max len
       Datetime = NDB_TYPE_DATETIME,    ///< Precision down to 1 sec (sizeof(Datetime) == 8 bytes )
-      Timespec = NDB_TYPE_TIMESPEC,    ///< Precision down to 1 nsec(sizeof(Datetime) == 12 bytes )
+      Date = NDB_TYPE_DATE,            ///< Precision down to 1 day(sizeof(Date) == 4 bytes )
       Blob = NDB_TYPE_BLOB,        ///< Binary large object (see NdbBlob)
       Text = NDB_TYPE_TEXT,         ///< Text blob,
-      Bit = NDB_TYPE_BIT           ///< Bit, length specifies no of bits
+      Bit = NDB_TYPE_BIT,          ///< Bit, length specifies no of bits
+      Time = NDB_TYPE_TIME         ///< Time without date
     };
 
     /** 

ndb/include/util/NdbSqlUtil.hpp

@@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ public:
       Binary = NDB_TYPE_BINARY,
       Varbinary = NDB_TYPE_VARBINARY,
       Datetime = NDB_TYPE_DATETIME,
-      Timespec = NDB_TYPE_TIMESPEC,
+      Date = NDB_TYPE_DATE,
       Blob = NDB_TYPE_BLOB,
       Text = NDB_TYPE_TEXT,
-      Bit = NDB_TYPE_BIT
+      Bit = NDB_TYPE_BIT,
+      Time = NDB_TYPE_TIME
     };
     Enum m_typeId;
     Cmp* m_cmp;         // comparison method
@@ -135,9 +136,10 @@ private:
   static Cmp cmpBinary;
   static Cmp cmpVarbinary;
   static Cmp cmpDatetime;
-  static Cmp cmpTimespec;
+  static Cmp cmpDate;
   static Cmp cmpBlob;
   static Cmp cmpText;
+  static Cmp cmpTime;
 };
 
 #endif

ndb/src/common/util/NdbSqlUtil.cpp

@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ NdbSqlUtil::m_typeList[] = {
     cmpDatetime
   },
   {
-    Type::Timespec,
+    Type::Date,
-    NULL  // cmpTimespec
+    cmpDate
   },
   {
     Type::Blob,
@@ -163,6 +163,22 @@ NdbSqlUtil::m_typeList[] = {
   {
     Type::Text,
     NULL  // cmpText
+  },
+  {
+    Type::Undefined,    // 5.0 Bit
+    NULL
+  },
+  {
+    Type::Undefined,    // 5.0 Longvarchar
+    NULL
+  },
+  {
+    Type::Undefined,    // 5.0 Longvarbinary
+    NULL
+  },
+  {
+    Type::Time,
+    cmpTime
   }
 };
 
@@ -458,19 +474,57 @@ NdbSqlUtil::cmpVarbinary(const void* info, const void* p1, unsigned n1, const vo
   return 0;
 }
 
-// allowed but ordering is wrong before wl-1442 done
 int
 NdbSqlUtil::cmpDatetime(const void* info, const void* p1, unsigned n1, const void* p2, unsigned n2, bool full)
 {
-  return cmpBinary(info, p1, n1, p2, n2, full);
+  if (n2 >= sizeof(Int64)) {
+    Int64 v1, v2;
+    memcpy(&v1, p1, sizeof(Int64));
+    memcpy(&v2, p2, sizeof(Int64));
+    if (v1 < v2)
+      return -1;
+    if (v1 > v2)
+      return +1;
+    return 0;
+  }
+  assert(! full);
+  return CmpUnknown;
 }
 
-// not used by MySQL or NDB
 int
-NdbSqlUtil::cmpTimespec(const void* info, const void* p1, unsigned n1, const void* p2, unsigned n2, bool full)
+NdbSqlUtil::cmpDate(const void* info, const void* p1, unsigned n1, const void* p2, unsigned n2, bool full)
 {
-  assert(false);
+#ifdef ndb_date_is_4_byte_native_int
-  return 0;
+  if (n2 >= sizeof(Int32)) {
+    Int32 v1, v2;
+    memcpy(&v1, p1, sizeof(Int32));
+    memcpy(&v2, p2, sizeof(Int32));
+    if (v1 < v2)
+      return -1;
+    if (v1 > v2)
+      return +1;
+    return 0;
+  }
+  assert(! full);
+  return CmpUnknown;
+#else
+  if (n2 >= 4) {        // may access 4-th byte
+    const uchar* v1 = (const uchar*)p1;
+    const uchar* v2 = (const uchar*)p2;
+    // from Field_newdate::val_int
+    Uint64 j1 = uint3korr(v1);
+    Uint64 j2 = uint3korr(v2);
+    j1 = (j1 % 32L)+(j1 / 32L % 16L)*100L + (j1/(16L*32L))*10000L;
+    j2 = (j2 % 32L)+(j2 / 32L % 16L)*100L + (j2/(16L*32L))*10000L;
+    if (j1 < j2)
+      return -1;
+    if (j1 > j2)
+      return +1;
+    return 0;
+  }
+  assert(! full);
+  return CmpUnknown;
+#endif
 }
 
 // not supported
@@ -489,6 +543,25 @@ NdbSqlUtil::cmpText(const void* info, const void* p1, unsigned n1, const void* p
   return 0;
 }
 
+int
+NdbSqlUtil::cmpTime(const void* info, const void* p1, unsigned n1, const void* p2, unsigned n2, bool full)
+{
+  if (n2 >= 4) {        // may access 4-th byte
+    const uchar* v1 = (const uchar*)p1;
+    const uchar* v2 = (const uchar*)p2;
+    // from Field_time::val_int
+    Int32 j1 = sint3korr(v1);
+    Int32 j2 = sint3korr(v2);
+    if (j1 < j2)
+      return -1;
+    if (j1 > j2)
+      return +1;
+    return 0;
+  }
+  assert(! full);
+  return CmpUnknown;
+}
+
 // check charset
 
 bool

ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbDictionary.cpp

@@ -920,8 +920,8 @@ operator<<(NdbOut& out, const NdbDictionary::Column& col)
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Datetime:
     out << "Datetime";
     break;
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Timespec:
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Date:
-    out << "Timespec";
+    out << "Date";
     break;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Blob:
     out << "Blob(" << col.getInlineSize() << "," << col.getPartSize()
@@ -931,6 +931,9 @@ operator<<(NdbOut& out, const NdbDictionary::Column& col)
     out << "Text(" << col.getInlineSize() << "," << col.getPartSize()
         << ";" << col.getStripeSize() << ";" << csname << ")";
     break;
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Time:
+    out << "Time";
+    break;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Undefined:
     out << "Undefined";
     break;

ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbDictionaryImpl.cpp

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ NdbColumnImpl::init(Type t)
   case Binary:
   case Varbinary:
   case Datetime:
-  case Timespec:
+  case Date:
     m_precision = 0;
     m_scale = 0;
     m_length = 1;
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ NdbColumnImpl::init(Type t)
     m_length = 4;
     m_cs = default_cs;
     break;
+  case Time:
+    m_precision = 0;
+    m_scale = 0;
+    m_length = 1;
+    m_cs = NULL;
+    break;
   case Undefined:
     assert(false);
     break;

ndb/test/include/NdbSchemaOp.hpp

@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@ convertColumnTypeToAttrType(NdbDictionary::Column::Type _type)
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Varbinary:
     return String;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Datetime:
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Timespec:
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Date:
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Time:
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Undefined:
   default:
     return NoAttrTypeDef;

ndb/tools/restore/consumer.cpp

@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ BackupConsumer::create_table_string(const TableS & table,
     case NdbDictionary::Column::Datetime:
       pos += sprintf(buf+pos, "%s", "datetime");
       break;
-    case NdbDictionary::Column::Timespec:
+    case NdbDictionary::Column::Date:
+      pos += sprintf(buf+pos, "%s", "date");
+      break;
+    case NdbDictionary::Column::Time:
       pos += sprintf(buf+pos, "%s", "time");
       break;
     case NdbDictionary::Column::Undefined:

pstack/pstack.c

@@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@ pr_tag_type (p, name, id, kind)
 {
   struct pr_handle *info = (struct pr_handle *) p;
   const char *t, *tag;
-  char idbuf[20];
+  char idbuf[30];
 
   switch (kind)
     {

sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc

@@ -2361,13 +2361,15 @@ void ha_ndbcluster::print_results()
       break;
     }
     case NdbDictionary::Column::Datetime: {
-      // todo
+      my_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Datetime ?");      // fix-me
-      my_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Datetime ?");
       break;
     }
-    case NdbDictionary::Column::Timespec: {
+    case NdbDictionary::Column::Date: {
-      // todo
+      my_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Date ?");  // fix-me
-      my_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Timespec ?");
+      break;
+    }
+    case NdbDictionary::Column::Time: {
+      my_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Time ?");  // fix-me
       break;
     }
     case NdbDictionary::Column::Blob: {
@@ -3446,9 +3448,15 @@ static int create_ndb_column(NDBCOL &col,
     col.setType(NDBCOL::Datetime);
     col.setLength(1);
     break;
-  case MYSQL_TYPE_DATE:
   case MYSQL_TYPE_NEWDATE:
+    col.setType(NDBCOL::Date);
+    col.setLength(1);
+    break;
   case MYSQL_TYPE_TIME:        
+    col.setType(NDBCOL::Time);
+    col.setLength(1);
+    break;
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_DATE: // ?
   case MYSQL_TYPE_YEAR:        
     col.setType(NDBCOL::Char);
     col.setLength(field->pack_length());