diff --git a/client/mysql.cc b/client/mysql.cc
index 699fd3ea19d..3a89dec2557 100644
--- a/client/mysql.cc
+++ b/client/mysql.cc
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"comments", 'c', "Preserve comments. Send comments to the server."
    " Comments are discarded by default, enable with --enable-comments",
-   (gptr*) &preserve_comments, (gptr*) &preserve_comments,
+   (uchar**) &preserve_comments, (uchar**) &preserve_comments,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/mysql_comments.result b/mysql-test/r/mysql_comments.result
index 366ceeb5bbf..7f1c0b50c5e 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/mysql_comments.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/mysql_comments.result
@@ -12,20 +12,26 @@ drop trigger if exists t1_bi;
 2
 foofct("call 1")
 call 1
-Function	sql_mode	Create Function
-foofct		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` FUNCTION `foofct`(x char(20)) RETURNS char(20) CHARSET latin1\nreturn\n\n\n\nx
+Function	sql_mode	Create Function	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+foofct		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` FUNCTION `foofct`(x char(20)) RETURNS char(20) CHARSET latin1\nreturn\n\n\n\nx	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
 foofct("call 2")
 call 2
-Function	sql_mode	Create Function
-foofct		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` FUNCTION `foofct`(x char(20)) RETURNS char(20) CHARSET latin1\nbegin\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n\n  \n  return x;\nend
-Procedure	sql_mode	Create Procedure
-empty		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `empty`()\nbegin\nend
+Function	sql_mode	Create Function	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+foofct		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` FUNCTION `foofct`(x char(20)) RETURNS char(20) CHARSET latin1\nbegin\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n\n  \n  return x;\nend	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
+Procedure	sql_mode	Create Procedure	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+empty		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `empty`()\nbegin\nend	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
 id	data
 foo	42
-Procedure	sql_mode	Create Procedure
-foosp		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `foosp`()\ninsert into test.t1\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n  values ("foo", 42)
-Procedure	sql_mode	Create Procedure
-nicesp		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `nicesp`(a int)\nbegin\n  \n  declare b int;\n  declare c float;\n\n  \n  \n\n  \nend
+Procedure	sql_mode	Create Procedure	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+foosp		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `foosp`()\ninsert into test.t1\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n  values ("foo", 42)	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
+Procedure	sql_mode	Create Procedure	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+nicesp		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `nicesp`(a int)\nbegin\n  \n  declare b int;\n  declare c float;\n\n  \n  \n\n  \nend	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
+Trigger	sql_mode	SQL Original Statement	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+t1_empty		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` trigger t1_empty after delete on t1\nfor each row\nbegin\nend	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
+Trigger	sql_mode	SQL Original Statement	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+t1_bi		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` trigger t1_bi before insert on t1\nfor each row\nbegin\n\n\n\n  \n  declare b int;\n  declare c float;\n\n  \n  \n\n  \n  set NEW.data := 12;\nend	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
+id	data
+trig	12
 "Pass 2 : --enable-comments"
 1
 1
@@ -33,18 +39,24 @@ nicesp		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `nicesp`(a int)\nbegin\n  \n
 2
 foofct("call 1")
 call 1
-Function	sql_mode	Create Function
-foofct		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` FUNCTION `foofct`(x char(20)) RETURNS char(20) CHARSET latin1\nreturn\n-- comment 1a\n# comment 1b\n/* comment 1c */\nx # after body, on same line
+Function	sql_mode	Create Function	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+foofct		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` FUNCTION `foofct`(x char(20)) RETURNS char(20) CHARSET latin1\nreturn\n-- comment 1a\n# comment 1b\n/* comment 1c */\nx # after body, on same line	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
 foofct("call 2")
 call 2
-Function	sql_mode	Create Function
-foofct		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` FUNCTION `foofct`(x char(20)) RETURNS char(20) CHARSET latin1\nbegin\n  -- comment 1a\n  # comment 1b\n  /*\n     comment 1c\n  */\n\n  -- empty line below\n\n  -- empty line above\n  return x;\nend
-Procedure	sql_mode	Create Procedure
-empty		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `empty`()\nbegin\nend
+Function	sql_mode	Create Function	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+foofct		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` FUNCTION `foofct`(x char(20)) RETURNS char(20) CHARSET latin1\nbegin\n  -- comment 1a\n  # comment 1b\n  /*\n     comment 1c\n  */\n\n  -- empty line below\n\n  -- empty line above\n  return x;\nend	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
+Procedure	sql_mode	Create Procedure	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+empty		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `empty`()\nbegin\nend	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
 id	data
 foo	42
-Procedure	sql_mode	Create Procedure
-foosp		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `foosp`()\ninsert into test.t1\n## These comments are part of the procedure body, and should be kept.\n# Comment 2a\n-- Comment 2b\n/* Comment 2c */\n  -- empty line below\n\n  -- empty line above\n  values ("foo", 42) # comment 3, still part of the body
-Procedure	sql_mode	Create Procedure
-nicesp		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `nicesp`(a int)\nbegin\n  -- declare some variables here\n  declare b int;\n  declare c float;\n\n  -- do more stuff here\n  -- commented nicely and so on\n\n  -- famous last words ...\nend
+Procedure	sql_mode	Create Procedure	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+foosp		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `foosp`()\ninsert into test.t1\n## These comments are part of the procedure body, and should be kept.\n# Comment 2a\n-- Comment 2b\n/* Comment 2c */\n  -- empty line below\n\n  -- empty line above\n  values ("foo", 42) # comment 3, still part of the body	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
+Procedure	sql_mode	Create Procedure	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+nicesp		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `nicesp`(a int)\nbegin\n  -- declare some variables here\n  declare b int;\n  declare c float;\n\n  -- do more stuff here\n  -- commented nicely and so on\n\n  -- famous last words ...\nend	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
+Trigger	sql_mode	SQL Original Statement	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+t1_empty		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` trigger t1_empty after delete on t1\nfor each row\nbegin\nend	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
+Trigger	sql_mode	SQL Original Statement	character_set_client	collation_connection	Database Collation
+t1_bi		CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` trigger t1_bi before insert on t1\nfor each row\nbegin\n# comment 1a\n-- comment 1b\n/*\n   comment 1c\n*/\n  -- declare some variables here\n  declare b int;\n  declare c float;\n\n  -- do more stuff here\n  -- commented nicely and so on\n\n  -- famous last words ...\n  set NEW.data := 12;\nend	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	latin1_swedish_ci
+id	data
+trig	12
 End of 5.0 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysql_comments.sql b/mysql-test/t/mysql_comments.sql
index 60b223a240f..2497c35e465 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysql_comments.sql
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysql_comments.sql
@@ -167,8 +167,49 @@ delimiter ;
 show create procedure nicesp;
 drop procedure nicesp;
 
-# Triggers can be tested only in 5.1, since 5.0 does not have 
-# SHOW CREATE TRIGGER
+##============================================================================
+## Comments inside triggers
+##============================================================================
+
+drop trigger if exists t1_empty;
+
+create trigger t1_empty after delete on t1
+for each row
+begin
+end;
+
+show create trigger t1_empty;
+
+drop trigger if exists t1_bi;
+
+delimiter |
+
+create trigger t1_bi before insert on t1
+for each row
+begin
+# comment 1a
+-- comment 1b
+/*
+   comment 1c
+*/
+  -- declare some variables here
+  declare b int;
+  declare c float;
+
+  -- do more stuff here
+  -- commented nicely and so on
+
+  -- famous last words ...
+  set NEW.data := 12;
+end|
+
+delimiter ;
+
+show create trigger t1_bi;
+
+# also make sure the trigger still works
+insert into t1(id) value ("trig");
+select * from t1;
 
 ##============================================================================
 ## Cleanup