Bug #17849 sql_big_selects not shown in SHOW VARIABLES output
Submitted: 2 Mar 2006 7:41 Modified: 2 May 2006 1:58
Reporter: James Day Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.1 OS:Solaris (Solaris 9, Windows XP)
Assigned to: Jim Winstead CPU Architecture:Any

[2 Mar 2006 7:41] James Day 
Description:
The value of the sql_big_selects setting isn't shown in SHOW VARIABLES output. Workaround is to use SELECT @@sql_big_selects .

Reported for Solaris 9 with MySQL 5.0.18. Reproduced on XP with 4.1.15, 5.0.18 and 5.1.7.

How to repeat:
SHOW VARIABLES or SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'sql_big_selects' . Compare to SELECT @@sql_big_selects which does show it.

Suggested fix:
Add to the output of SHOW VARIABLES.
[21 Apr 2006 1:45] Bugs System 
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/commits/5237
[26 Apr 2006 16:20] Bugs System 
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/commits/5590
[1 May 2006 16:03] Jim Winstead 
Fixed in 5.0.22 and 5.1.10.
[2 May 2006 1:58] Paul DuBois 
Noted in 5.0.22, 5.1.10 changelogs.

The <literal>sql_big_selects</literal> system variable was not
displayed by <literal>SHOW VARIABLES</literal>. (Bug #17849)