MySQL Bugs: #11091: union involving BIT: assertion failure in Item::tmp_table_field_from_field

Bug #11091	union involving BIT: assertion failure in Item::tmp_table_field_from_field_type
Submitted:	4 Jun 2005 6:40	Modified:	7 Jul 2005 18:36
Reporter:	Tim Smith
Status:	Closed
Category:	Server	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	5.0.6	OS:	Any (any)
Assigned to:	Ramil Kalimullin	Target Version:

Description:
create table badbit (b bit);

-- This crashes the server
select b from badbit union select b from badbit;

It seems that Item_result Field::result_merge_type(enum_field_types field_type) is
returning a bogus value for the BIT type; and it is hitting the default case in the
switch at sql/item.cc:3354 (in current bk), inside Field
*Item::tmp_table_field_from_field_type(TABLE *table)

How to repeat:

See Description.

Suggested fix:

Maybe need to fix the field_types_result_type array?  Or the field_type2index()
function?

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/internals/26018

fixed in 5.0.9

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Additional info:

Bugfix documented in 5.0.9 change history; closed.