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Issue:
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There is a difference in the field type created when the
following DDLs are used:
1) CREATE TABLE t0 AS SELECT NULL;
2) CREATE TABLE t0 AS SELECT GREATEST(NULL,NULL);
The first statement creates field of type Field_string and
the second one creates a field of type Field_null.
This creates a problem when the query mentioned in this bug
is used. Since the null_ptr is calculated differently for
Field_null.
Solution:
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When there is a function returning null in the select list
as mentioned above, the field should be of type
Field_string.
This was fixed in 5.6+ as part of Bug#14021323. This is a
backport to mysql-5.5.
An incorrect comment in innodb_bug54044.test has been
corrected in all versions.
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