Bug #68387 Internals manual reads "length of the packet" should be "length of the payload"
Submitted: 15 Feb 2013 12:22 Modified: 26 Apr 2013 17:34
Reporter: Roland Bouman Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Documentation Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version: OS:Any
Assigned to: Paul DuBois CPU Architecture:Any

[15 Feb 2013 12:22] Roland Bouman 
Description:
See: 

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/internals/en/overview.html#mysql-packet

It reads:

"
Fields
length (3) -- length of the packet
"

This should be "length of the payload"

For clarity one could add "The number of bytes in the packet beyond the initial 4 bytes that make up the packet header"

How to repeat:
read http://dev.mysql.com/doc/internals/en/overview.html#mysql-packet, observe text contradicts itself.

Suggested fix:
Replace "length of packet" with "length of payload". Maybe add "The number of bytes in the packet beyond the initial 4 bytes that make up the packet header".
[15 Feb 2013 14:13] MySQL Verification Team 
Thank you for the bug report.
[26 Apr 2013 17:34] Paul DuBois 
Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been addressed in the documentation. The updated documentation will appear on our website shortly, and will be included in the next release of the relevant products.