Bug #46491 Patch: Virtual columns (WL#411)
Submitted: 31 Jul 14:40
Reporter: Lenz Grimmer
Status: Open
Category:Server: DDL Severity:S4 (Feature request)
Version:5.1 and up OS:Any
Assigned to: Davi Arnaut Target Version:
Tags: virtual columns, Contribution

[31 Jul 14:40] Lenz Grimmer 
Description:
This bug report is to keep track of the "Virtual Columns" patch contribution by Andrey
Zhakov. It was submitted on 2008-08-18 and implements WL#411:

http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_virtual_columns_preview

The source code is available from this Bazaar source tree:

wl1075-wl411">https://code.launchpad.net/~andrey-zhakov/mysql-server/mysql-6.0-wl1075-wl411

Documentation was made available too:

http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_virtual_columns_ref_manual

Giuseppe tested it in September 2008:

http://datacharmer.blogspot.com/2008/09/mysql-virtual-columns.html

The patch is included in Drizzle as well (merged into the trunk on 2008-10-13):

https://lists.launchpad.net/drizzle-discuss/msg01485.html

It was also proposed for merge with OurDelta:

http://www.mail-archive.com/ourdelta-developers@lists.launchpad.net/msg00070.html

How to repeat:
Compile from the Bazaar branch mentioned above, observe new functionality as described.
[31 Jul 15:04] Lenz Grimmer 
Assigning it to Davi
[31 Jul 19:30] Peter Gulutzan 
The description of the patch does not match what's currently in WL#411.