MySQL Bugs: #13820: Handling of logarithm math functions with negative values

Bug #13820	Handling of logarithm math functions with negative values
Submitted:	6 Oct 2005 22:45	Modified:	27 Oct 2005 11:39
Reporter:	Kristian Koehntopp
Status:	Closed
Category:	Server	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.0.13	OS:	Linux (Suse Linux 9.3)
Assigned to:	Alexey Botchkov	Target Version:

Description:
Logarithm functions are undefined for negative values. Using them produces a NULL, but no
warning or error, not even in strict mode. This differs from handling 1/0 (division by
zero), but is a similar situation.

How to repeat:
mysql> select version()\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
version(): 5.0.13-rc-max
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select @@sql_mode\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
@@sql_mode:
STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,STRICT_ALL_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,TRADITIONAL,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> select ln(-3)\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
ln(-3): NULL
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select log10(-3)\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
log10(-3): NULL
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Suggested fix:
Handle such values in a manner consistent with 1/0, produce a warning when
ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO or something equivalent is set, and promote the warning to
error when STRICT_TRANS_TABLES or STRICT_ALL_TABLES is set.

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/31162

Ok to push.

Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been committed to our
source repository of that product and will be incorporated into the
next release.

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Additional info:

Documented feature change in 5.0.16 changelog. Closed.