Bug #19609 case sensitivity of innodb_data_file_path gives stupid error
Submitted: 8 May 2006 13:54 Modified: 20 Jun 2010 1:12
Reporter: Oli Sennhauser Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: InnoDB storage engine Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:all OS:Any (any?)
Assigned to: Marko Mäkelä CPU Architecture:Any

[8 May 2006 13:54] Oli Sennhauser
Description:
When MySQL was started with:
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:100M;ibdata2:50m:autoextend

instead of

innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:100M;ibdata2:50M:autoextend

InnoDB was not started with this suppid error message:

060508 15:50:57  mysqld started
060508 15:50:57 [ERROR] InnoDB: syntax error in innodb_data_file_path
060508 15:50:57 [Note] /u00/app/mysql/product/mysql-5.1.9/bin/mysqld: ready for connections.

I lost at least 1 hour at customer site and another our at home to find the reason.

How to repeat:
[mysqld]
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:100M;ibdata2:50m:autoextend

Suggested fix:
Make size value case insensitive (eas of maintenance?)
[8 May 2006 17:22] MySQL Verification Team
Thank you for the bug report. Verified on Suse Linux and Windows XP.
[8 May 2006 21:05] Heikki Tuuri
Assigning this little feature request to Marko. Should be fixed in 5.1.
[1 Jun 2006 10:12] Alexander Ivanov
Pushed in 5.1.11
[4 Jun 2006 5:01] MC Brown
Documented in the 5.1.11 changelog:

File size specifications for InnoDB data files were case sensitive.
[21 Jun 2006 14:16] Lars Thalmann
This was pushed into 5.1.12.
[22 Jun 2006 8:14] MC Brown
Moved to the 5.1.12 Changelog.
[5 May 2010 15:03] Bugs System
Pushed into 5.1.47 (revid:joro@sun.com-20100505145753-ivlt4hclbrjy8eye) (version source revid:vasil.dimov@oracle.com-20100331130613-8ja7n0vh36a80457) (merge vers: 5.1.46) (pib:16)
[6 May 2010 2:07] Paul DuBois
Push resulted from incorporation of InnoDB tree. No changes pertinent to this bug. Re-closing.
[28 May 2010 6:02] Bugs System
Pushed into mysql-next-mr (revid:alik@sun.com-20100524190136-egaq7e8zgkwb9aqi) (version source revid:vasil.dimov@oracle.com-20100331130613-8ja7n0vh36a80457) (pib:16)
[28 May 2010 6:30] Bugs System
Pushed into 6.0.14-alpha (revid:alik@sun.com-20100524190941-nuudpx60if25wsvx) (version source revid:vasil.dimov@oracle.com-20100331130613-8ja7n0vh36a80457) (merge vers: 5.1.46) (pib:16)
[28 May 2010 6:58] Bugs System
Pushed into 5.5.5-m3 (revid:alik@sun.com-20100524185725-c8k5q7v60i5nix3t) (version source revid:vasil.dimov@oracle.com-20100331130613-8ja7n0vh36a80457) (merge vers: 5.1.46) (pib:16)
[29 May 2010 23:14] Paul DuBois
Push resulted from incorporation of InnoDB tree. No changes pertinent to this bug.
Re-closing.
[17 Jun 2010 12:05] Bugs System
Pushed into 5.1.47-ndb-7.0.16 (revid:martin.skold@mysql.com-20100617114014-bva0dy24yyd67697) (version source revid:vasil.dimov@oracle.com-20100331130613-8ja7n0vh36a80457) (merge vers: 5.1.46) (pib:16)
[17 Jun 2010 12:49] Bugs System
Pushed into 5.1.47-ndb-6.2.19 (revid:martin.skold@mysql.com-20100617115448-idrbic6gbki37h1c) (version source revid:vasil.dimov@oracle.com-20100331130613-8ja7n0vh36a80457) (merge vers: 5.1.46) (pib:16)
[17 Jun 2010 13:32] Bugs System
Pushed into 5.1.47-ndb-6.3.35 (revid:martin.skold@mysql.com-20100617114611-61aqbb52j752y116) (version source revid:vasil.dimov@oracle.com-20100331130613-8ja7n0vh36a80457) (merge vers: 5.1.46) (pib:16)