MySQL Bugs: #9186: Ready for Commands prompt inside comment blocks

Bug #9186	Ready for Commands prompt inside comment blocks
Submitted:	15 Mar 2005 8:23	Modified:	12 May 2005 23:04
Reporter:	Emanuele Dolis
Status:	Closed
Category:	Client	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	4.1.9	OS:
Assigned to:	Jim Winstead	Target Version:

Description:
The reason why I'm classifying this thing as S3 is that the manual reads that "the mysql>
prompt indicates that MySQL is ready for a new command".
When you issue a comment in the command line client starting with the /* statement, every
following line starts with the mysql> prompt, which is incorrect.
MySQL in not ready for commands, at least as much as it isn't when you're typing a string
or naming a field (which corrrectly causes '> and `> prompt to appear)..

This is a bit confusing if you copy a long script and paste in the client to test it.... 

How to repeat:
open a command line client and paste the following commands:

mysql> /*
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> select current_user();
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> */
mysql> select current_user();
+----------------+
| current_user() |
+----------------+
| root@%         |
+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

Suggested fix:
Create a new prompt to take in account that a comment block closure is pending.

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/23069

Fixed in 4.1.12 and 5.0.6.

Noted in 4.1.12, 5.0.6 changelogs, and in the
"Entering Queries" section.