Bug #32831 libmysql should be built with all charsets
Submitted: 28 Nov 2007 23:56 Modified: 10 Feb 22:19
Reporter: Jess Balint
Status: Closed
Category:Server: Charsets Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:5.1.22 OS:Microsoft Windows
Assigned to: Target Version:5.1+
Triage: Triaged: D2 (Serious) / R2 (Low) / E2 (Low)

[28 Nov 2007 23:56] Jess Balint 
Description:
libmysql doesn't include support for all character sets. Alot of them are disabled in
config-win.h. eg.

#define HAVE_CHARSET_cp1250 1
/* #undef HAVE_CHARSET_cp1251 */

How to repeat:
Call get_charset() on an unsupported character set will return null.

Suggested fix:
Change config-win.h (and possible other platforms) to include support for all character
sets.
[4 Dec 2007 11:24] Valeriy Kravchuk 
Thank you for a problem report. It looks like a reasonable feature request to me.
[3 Sep 2008 22:30] Jim Winstead 
This is not just a feature request, it's a serious cross-platform compatibility problem
that can impact the cross-platform compatbility of MySQL-using applications, and users of
our ODBC driver.
[7 Jan 19:34] Reggie Burnett 
Jim manages libmysql now.  Setting him as lead.
[13 Jan 16:19] 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/63127

2737 Timothy Smith	2009-01-13
      Fix Bug#32831: libmysql should be built with all charsets
      
      Add #define HAVE_CHARSET_name in config-win.h for all character sets that MySQL
      supports.  Add comments to config/ac-macros/character_sets.m4 and config-win.h
      so hopefully they will be updated in sync.
[14 Jan 2:04] Patrick Crews 
Ok to push.  

Tested on Windows XP 32bit.
[20 Jan 19:53] Bugs System 
Pushed into 6.0.10-alpha (revid:joro@sun.com-20090119171328-2hemf2ndc1dxl0et) (version
source revid:timothy.smith@sun.com-20090116170937-hvddomjy5hop3zg9) (merge vers:
6.0.10-alpha) (pib:6)
[29 Jan 21:35] Paul DuBois 
Noted in 6.0.10 changelog.

libmysqld was not built with all character sets.

Setting report to NDI pending push into 5.1.x.
[3 Feb 10:40] Bugs System 
Pushed into 5.1.32 (revid:joro@sun.com-20090203090549-gos3v4320vimrzg6) (version source
revid:horst@mysql.com-20090123182108-2efo5zwexcrf0h3o) (merge vers: 5.1.32) (pib:6)
[10 Feb 22:19] Paul DuBois 
Noted in 5.1.32 changelog.
[17 Feb 15:54] Bugs System 
Pushed into 5.1.32-ndb-6.3.23 (revid:tomas.ulin@sun.com-20090217131017-6u8qz1edkjfiobef)
(version source revid:tomas.ulin@sun.com-20090203133556-9rclp06ol19bmzs4) (merge vers:
5.1.32-ndb-6.3.22) (pib:6)
[17 Feb 17:41] Bugs System 
Pushed into 5.1.32-ndb-6.4.3 (revid:tomas.ulin@sun.com-20090217134419-5ha6xg4dpedrbmau)
(version source revid:tomas.ulin@sun.com-20090203133556-9rclp06ol19bmzs4) (merge vers:
5.1.32-ndb-6.3.22) (pib:6)
[17 Feb 19:18] Bugs System 
Pushed into 5.1.32-ndb-6.2.17 (revid:tomas.ulin@sun.com-20090217134216-5699eq74ws4oxa0j)
(version source revid:tomas.ulin@sun.com-20090202111723-1zzwax187rtls913) (merge vers:
5.1.32-ndb-6.2.17) (pib:6)