Bug #78113 Document format of gtid_executed, gtid_purged, etc

• Submitted: 17 Aug 2015 18:45
• Modified: 28 Sep 2015 15:54
• Reporter: Sven Sandberg
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Server: Documentation
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 5.6
• OS: Any
• Assigned to: David Moss
• CPU Architecture: Any

[17 Aug 2015 18:45] Sven Sandberg

Description:
In the following places, it doesn't describe the format of the string representing a GTID set:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/replication-options-gtids.html#sysvar_gtid_executed
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/replication-options-gtids.html#sysvar_gtid_purged
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/show-slave-status.html (for Retrieved_Gtid_Set and Executed_Gtid_Set)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/gtid-functions.html#function_gtid-subset
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/gtid-functions.html#function_gtid-subtract
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/gtid-functions.html#function_wait-until-sql-thread-...
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/gtid-functions.html#function_wait-for-executed-gtid...
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/replication-connection-status-table.html (for RECEIVED_TRANSACTION_SET)

How to repeat:
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Suggested fix:
Link to https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/replication-gtids-concepts.html

[17 Aug 2015 19:00] Sven Sandberg

Posted by developer:
 
Please make sure that it is very clear that all these strings are *sets*, not single GTIDs.

[28 Sep 2015 15:54] David Moss

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/replication-options-gtids.html#sysvar_gtid_executed
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/replication-options-gtids.html#sysvar_gtid_purged
Fixed by adding link to the individual descriptions. 

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/show-slave-status.html (for Retrieved_Gtid_Set and Executed_Gtid_Set)
Fixed by adding link to the individual descriptions. 

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/gtid-functions.html#function_gtid-subset
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/gtid-functions.html#function_gtid-subtract
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/gtid-functions.html#function_wait-until-sql-thread-...
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/gtid-functions.html#function_wait-for-executed-gtid...
These were fixed by adding the sentence to the top of the whole page.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/replication-connection-status-table.html (for RECEIVED_TRANSACTION_SET)
Fixed by adding link to the individual description.