Bug #119603 TRUE >= ALL(...) returns incorrect result (1) when comparing against a NOT NULL column

Submitted: 29 Dec 2025 1:19 Modified: 4 Jan 20:39
Reporter: Seren Zhou Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Optimizer Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:8.0 OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[29 Dec 2025 1:19] Seren Zhou
Description:
When performing a comparison using >= ALL, if the left-hand side is the boolean literal TRUE, the server returns 1 (true) even when the underlying data in the subquery contains values that should make the comparison false (e.g., string '4').

However, if TRUE is replaced by an expression that evaluates to 1 (like EXISTS(...) or integer 1), the query correctly returns 0 (false).

This issue is strictly dependent on the NOT NULL constraint.

How to repeat:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1, t2;

-- Fixed table definition from original snippet
CREATE TABLE t1(c1 CHAR(10) NOT NULL);
CREATE TABLE t2(c1 INT);

INSERT INTO t1(c1) VALUES('i');
INSERT INTO t1(c1) VALUES('4');
INSERT INTO t1(c1) VALUES('E');

INSERT INTO t2(c1) VALUES(1);

SELECT 1 >='4'; 
--  Returns 0

SELECT TRUE >= ALL(SELECT c1 from t1);
--  Returns 1 (Incorrect)

SELECT (EXISTS (SELECT c1 FROM t2)) >= ALL(SELECT c1 from t1);
--  Returns 0 (Correct)
[4 Jan 20:39] Roy Lyseng
Verified as described.

Portions of this website are copyright © 2001, 2002 The PHP Group

Page generated in 0.037 sec. using MySQL 8.4.7-u6-cloud

Timestamp references displayed by the system are UTC.
Content reproduced on this site is the property of the respective copyright holders.
It is not reviewed in advance by Oracle and does not necessarily represent the opinion of Oracle or any other party.