Bug #9775 Stored procedures: crash if create function that returns enum or set
Submitted: 8 Apr 2005 22:56 Modified: 25 Apr 2005 18:19
Reporter: Peter Gulutzan
Status: Closed
Category:Server Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.0.4-beta-debug OS:Linux (SUSE 9.2)
Assigned to: Bugs System Target Version:

[8 Apr 2005 22:56] Peter Gulutzan 
Description:
During CREATE FUNCTION ... RETURNS ENUM ... or CREATE FUNCTION RETURNS SET ...,
crash.

This may turn out to be a duplicate of BUG#9102 ("RETURNS BLOB"), BUG#9495 ("RETURNS
MEDIUMTEXT"), BUG#9537 ("RETURNS LONGTEXT"), or even already-closed BUG#3788 ("RETURNS
BINARY"). I begin to suspect a pattern.

How to repeat:
mysql> create function fenum () returns enum('a','b') return 'a'//
ERROR 2013 (HY000): Lost connection to MySQL server during query
[20 Apr 2005 19:09] 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/24171
[21 Apr 2005 16:51] Antony Curtis 
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:

Fixed for 5.0.5
[25 Apr 2005 18:19] Paul DuBois 
Noted in 5.0.5 changelog.

Added a note to the CREATE FUNCTION section
that the value returned by the RETURN statement
is coerced to the data type indicated by the RETURNS
clause.