MySQL Bugs: #3846: MySQL enters infinite loop for certain long query

Bug #3846	MySQL enters infinite loop for certain long query
Submitted:	21 May 2004 11:37	Modified:	21 May 2004 18:08
Reporter:	Peter Deister	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	mysql Ver 11.18 Distrib 3.23.52, for su	OS:	Linux (Linux (SUSE 8.1))
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

File:	Maximum allowed size is 50MB.
Description:
Privacy:

If the data you need to attach is more than 50MB, you should create a compressed archive of the data, split it to 50MB chunks, and upload each of them as a separate attachment.

To split a large file:

On *nix platforms use the split command e.g. split -b 50MB <my_large_archive> <my_split_archive_prefix>
On windows use WinZip or a similar utility to split the large file

DDL and insert statements to set up the tables to be queried by query.sql

Attachment: setup.sql (application/octet-stream, text), 9.23 KiB.

the query causing the behaviour described in the bug report

Attachment: query.sql (application/octet-stream, text), 931 bytes.