Bug #8147 a column is proclaimed ambiguous in INSERT ... SELECT .. ON DUPLICATE
Submitted: 26 Jan 2005 17:22 Modified: 27 Jun 2005 10:30
Reporter: SINISA MILIVOJEVIC Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:4.1 OS:Any (any)
Assigned to: Antony Curtis CPU Architecture:Any

[26 Jan 2005 17:22] SINISA MILIVOJEVIC
Description:
There is the error in declaring imp column ambigous, although it does exist only in one of the tables.

How to repeat:
  INSERT /*!LOW_PRIORITY*/ INTO vcl_200501_qrym (net_id, query, acct_id,
imp, cts, bid__min_cts, bid__max_cts, bid__sum_cts, rank__sum_cts)
  SELECT net_id, query, acct_id, imp, cts, bid__min_cts, bid__max_cts,
bid__sum_cts, rank__sum_cts
  FROM vclog_day_tmp_20050101_qrym
  ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
        imp = imp + VALUES(imp),
        cts = cts + VALUES(cts),
        bid__min_cts  =    LEAST(bid__min_cts, VALUES(bid__min_cts)),
        bid__max_cts  = GREATEST(bid__max_cts, VALUES(bid__max_cts)),
        bid__sum_cts  = bid__sum_cts   +  VALUES(bid__sum_cts),
        rank__sum_cts = rank__sum_cts  +  VALUES(bid__sum_cts)

DBD::mysql::db do failed: Column 'imp' in field list is ambiguous

also ...

 INSERT /*!LOW_PRIORITY*/ INTO vcl_200501_qrym (net_id, query, acct_id, 
 imp, cts, bid__min_cts, bid__max_cts, bid__sum_cts, rank__sum_cts) 
 SELECT X.net_id A, X.query B, X.acct_id C, X.imp D, X.cts E, 
 X.bid__min_cts F, X.bid__max_cts G, X.bid__sum_cts H, X.rank__sum_cts I
    FROM vclog_day_tmp_20050101_qrym X
    ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
          imp = imp + VALUES(imp),
          cts = cts + VALUES(cts),
          bid__min_cts  =    LEAST(bid__min_cts, VALUES(bid__min_cts)),
          bid__max_cts  = GREATEST(bid__max_cts, VALUES(bid__max_cts)),
          bid__sum_cts  = bid__sum_cts   +  VALUES(bid__sum_cts),
          rank__sum_cts = rank__sum_cts  +  VALUES(bid__sum_cts)

Gave the same error.
[9 Feb 2005 5:30] Antony Curtis
New patch pending
  bk commit - 4.1 tree (acurtis:1.2160) BUG#8147
[17 Feb 2005 22:02] 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.

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Fix pushed to 4.1 and 5.0 repositories
[22 Feb 2005 19:59] Sergei Golubchik
fixed in 4.1.11
[7 Apr 2005 0:06] Kris Couck
Repeating the test case given in http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=8732 (marked duplicate of this one), this bug still occurs in mysql 4.1.11
[21 Apr 2005 1:02] Paul DuBois
Noted in 4.1.11 changelog.
[13 May 2005 10:13] 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/24847
[29 May 2005 16:24] Kris Couck
Still in 4.1.12 (I don't know if it was pushed in time for 4.1.12's release...)
Didn't show up in the .13 changelogs till now as well though
[17 Jun 2005 21:02] 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/26141
[21 Jun 2005 21:58] 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/26265
[27 Jun 2005 10:04] Michael Widenius
The original bug here is that the column imp is not uniquely identified as the column exists both in vcl_200501_qrym and in vclog_day_tmp_20050101_qrym and one can refer to both tables in the ON DUPLICATE KEY part.

Fix:
- Use table qualifiers when refering to not unique names in ON DUPLICATE KEY

This patch will be reverted & rewritten in 4.1.13.
[21 Sep 2005 13:30] [ name withheld ]
NSERT INTO customer_daily_spending
                           ( customer_id, spending_day_utc,
                             spending_day_tz, timezone, amount,
                             transaction_count )
                 SELECT t.customer_id, t.pay_date,
                        date(convert_tz(t.pay_date,'UTC',c.timezone)),
                        c.timezone, t.amount, 1
                   FROM transaction t,
                        customer c
                  WHERE t.customer_id = c.id
                    AND t.transcode = 2005092110100000005
                    AND t.is_paid = 'Y'
                 ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE amount = customer_daily_spending.amount + VALUES(amount),
                                  transaction_count = transaction_count + 1

ERROR 1052 (23000): Column 'amount' in field list is ambiguous

Caused by VALUES(amount), but this should be clearly defined.