Bug #15224 SHOW INDEX from temporary table doesn't work
Submitted: 24 Nov 2005 14:59 Modified: 21 Dec 2005 19:04
Reporter: Gleb Paharenko
Status: Closed
Category:Server Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.0.16/5.0.17 BK OS:Linux (Linux)
Assigned to: Sergey Gluhov Target Version:

[24 Nov 2005 14:59] Gleb Paharenko
Description:
In 5.0.16 'show index' from temporary table doesn't work, while it is working in 4.1.15.
ANALYZE table doesn't work as well, and so on...

How to repeat:
mysql> select version();
+------------------+
| version()        |
+------------------+
| 5.0.16-debug-log |
+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> create temporary table a(a int, index(a));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> show indexes from a\G;
ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table 'test.a' doesn't exist
ERROR:
No query specified

mysql> select version();
+------------------+
| version()        |
+------------------+
| 4.1.15-debug-log |
+------------------+
1 row in set (0.04 sec)

mysql> create temporary table a(a int, index(a));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> show indexes from a\G;
*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Table: a
  Non_unique: 1
    Key_name: a
Seq_in_index: 1
 Column_name: a
   Collation: A
 Cardinality: NULL
    Sub_part: NULL
      Packed: NULL
        Null: YES
  Index_type: BTREE
     Comment:
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Suggested fix:
fix this or document
[24 Nov 2005 15:15] Miguel Solorzano
Thank you for the bug report.

Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2 to server version: 5.0.17-debug

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> create temporary table a(a int, index(a));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> show indexes from a\G
ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table 'test.a' doesn't exist
mysql> select * from a;
Empty set (0.00 sec)

mysql> 

miguel@hegel:~/dbs/4.1> bin/mysql -uroot test
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1 to server version: 4.1.16-log

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> create temporary table a(a int, index(a));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

mysql> show indexes from a\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Table: a
  Non_unique: 1
    Key_name: a
Seq_in_index: 1
 Column_name: a
   Collation: A
 Cardinality: NULL
    Sub_part: NULL
      Packed: NULL
        Null: YES
  Index_type: BTREE
     Comment: 
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

mysql>
[29 Nov 2005 12:48] 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/internals/32821
[19 Dec 2005 11:41] 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/243
[19 Dec 2005 11:47] Sergey Gluhov
Fixed in 5.0.18
[21 Dec 2005 19:04] Jon Stephens
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.

If necessary, you can access the source repository and build the latest
available version, including the bugfix, yourself. More information 
about accessing the source trees is available at
    http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Installing_source_tree.html

Additional info:

Documented in 5.0.18 changelog. Closed.