MySQL Bugs: #28548: Spelling mistake in online documentation: 'OCTET

Bug #28548	Spelling mistake in online documentation: 'OCTET_LENGTH'
Submitted:	21 May 2007 6:29	Modified:	24 May 2007 8:40
Reporter:	Asuka Kenji Siu Ching Pong (Basic Quality Contributor) (OCA)	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Documentation	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.1.18-beta, 5.0.x	OS:	Any
Assigned to:	Paul DuBois	CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	Help, OCTET_LENGTH, OCTETLENGTH

Description:
The "help" table is incorrect.

The function Octet Length should be spelt like "OCTET_LENGTH", but not "OCTETLENGTH".

How to repeat:
mysql> help string functions;
You asked for help about help category: "String Functions"
For more information, type 'help <item>', where <item> is one of the following
topics:
   ASCII
   BIN
   BINARY OPERATOR
   BIT_LENGTH
   CAST
   CHAR FUNCTION
   CHARACTER_LENGTH
   CHAR_LENGTH
   CONCAT
   CONCAT_WS
   CONV
   ELT
   EXPORT_SET
   EXTRACTVALUE
   FIELD
   FIND_IN_SET
   FORMAT
   HEX
   INSERT FUNCTION
   INSTR
   LCASE
   LEFT
   LENGTH
   LIKE
   LOAD_FILE
   LOCATE
   LOWER
   LPAD
   LTRIM
   MAKE_SET
   MATCH AGAINST
   MID
   NOT LIKE
   NOT REGEXP
   OCT
   OCTETLENGTH
   ORD
   POSITION
   QUOTE
   REGEXP
   REPEAT FUNCTION
   REPLACE
   REVERSE
   RIGHT
   RPAD
   RTRIM
   SOUNDEX
   SOUNDS LIKE
   SPACE
   STRCMP
   SUBSTRING
   SUBSTRING_INDEX
   TRIM
   UCASE
   UNHEX
   UPDATEXML
   UPPER

mysql> help OCTET_LENGTH;

Nothing found
Please try to run 'help contents' for a list of all accessible topics

mysql> help OCTETLENGTH;
Name: 'OCTETLENGTH'
Description:
Syntax:
OCTET_LENGTH(str)

OCTET_LENGTH() is a synonym for LENGTH().

URL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/string-functions.html

mysql> select OCTETLENGTH('123');
ERROR 1046 (3D000): No database selected

mysql> select OCTET_LENGTH('123');
+---------------------+
| OCTET_LENGTH('123') |
+---------------------+
|                   3 |
+---------------------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)

Suggested fix:
Fix the "help data" source file.

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