Bug #61238 Hash indexes with a prefix length do not work
Submitted: 20 May 2011 4:17 Modified: 20 May 2011 15:25
Reporter: Alexey Kopytov Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Memory storage engine Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.1.58, 5.5 OS:MacOS
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[20 May 2011 4:17] Alexey Kopytov
Description:
Hash indexes do not work when created with a prefix length:

mysql> create table t1(a varchar(64)) engine=memory;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> insert into t1 values ('aa'), ('bb');
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from t1 where a = 'aa';
+------+
| a    |
+------+
| aa   |
+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

# Add a hash index with a prefix length

mysql> alter table t1 add key (a(1));
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.02 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from t1 where a = 'aa';
Empty set (0.00 sec)

# Change the index to B-Tree

mysql> alter table t1 drop key a, add key (a(1)) using btree;
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.01 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from t1 where a = 'aa';
+------+
| a    |
+------+
| aa   |
+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

How to repeat:
create table t1(a varchar(64)) engine=memory;
insert into t1 values ('aa'), ('bb');
select * from t1 where a = 'aa';
alter table t1 add key (a(1));
select * from t1 where a = 'aa';
[20 May 2011 5:25] MySQL Verification Team
see also bug #42868
[20 May 2011 6:34] Valeriy Kravchuk
What exact versions are we talking about? I do not see the problem with 5.5.11 on Windows, for example:

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin>mysql -uroot -proot -P3312 test
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mysql> drop table t1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.22 sec)

mysql> create table t1(a varchar(64)) engine=memory;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.06 sec)

mysql> insert into t1 values ('aa'), ('bb');
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from t1 where a = 'aa';
+------+
| a    |
+------+
| aa   |
+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> alter table t1 add key (a(1));
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.09 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from t1 where a = 'aa';
+------+
| a    |
+------+
| aa   |
+------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

mysql> show create table t1\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Table: t1
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `a` varchar(64) DEFAULT NULL,
  KEY `a` (`a`(1))
) ENGINE=MEMORY DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

mysql> alter table t1 drop key a, add key (a(1)) using hash;
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.06 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> show create table t1\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Table: t1
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `a` varchar(64) DEFAULT NULL,
  KEY `a` (`a`(1)) USING HASH
) ENGINE=MEMORY DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select * from t1 where a = 'aa';
+------+
| a    |
+------+
| aa   |
+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
[20 May 2011 6:42] Alexey Kopytov
Orignally I tested it on a relatively fresh 5.5 clone from Launchpad on Mac. 

Now I tried mysql-5.5.10-linux2.6-x86_64.tar.gz with the same results:

mysql> create table t1(a varchar(64)) engine=memory;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> insert into t1 values ('aa'), ('bb');
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from t1 where a = 'aa';
+------+
| a    |
+------+
| aa   |
+------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> alter table t1 add key (a(1));
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from t1 where a = 'aa';
Empty set (0.02 sec)
[20 May 2011 15:25] Valeriy Kravchuk
Verified with current mysql-5.1 from bzr on Mac OS X:

macbook-pro:5.1 openxs$ bin/mysql -uroot test
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
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Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 5
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mysql> drop table t1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> create table t1(a varchar(64)) engine=memory;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.06 sec)

mysql> insert into t1 values ('aa'), ('bb');
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from t1 where a = 'aa';
+------+
| a    |
+------+
| aa   |
+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> alter table t1 add key (a(1));
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.28 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from t1 where a = 'aa';
Empty set (0.03 sec)