Bug #2202 CAST from binary to char still returns a binary string

• Submitted: 24 Dec 2003 5:23
• Modified: 25 Dec 2003 5:43
• Reporter: Alexander Barkov
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Server
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: bk 4.1.1 current
• OS: FreeBSD (freebsd)
• Assigned to: Alexander Barkov
• CPU Architecture: Any

[24 Dec 2003 5:23] Alexander Barkov

Description:
mysql> select charset(cast(user as char character set koi8r)) from mysql.user;
+-------------------------------------------------+
| charset(cast(user as char character set koi8r)) |
+-------------------------------------------------+
| binary                                          |
| binary                                          |
| binary                                          |
| binary                                          |
| binary                                          |
+-------------------------------------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

It should return koi8r instead.

How to repeat:
Run the above

[25 Dec 2003 5:43] Alexander Barkov

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 
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