MySQL Bugs: #8736: on duplicate key update allows/ignores updates to read table

Bug #8736	on duplicate key update allows/ignores updates to read table
Submitted:	23 Feb 2005 17:31	Modified:	23 Feb 2005 21:51
Reporter:	Martin Friebe (Gold Quality Contributor) (OCA)	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	4.1.10	OS:	Any (*)
Assigned to:	Bugs System	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
the following query contains an update to the table used as data source:

insert into one select b from two  on duplicate key update b=3;
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 1  Duplicates: 1  Warnings: 0

it does succeed, but nothing has been updated (and i believ table "two" wasnt supposed to get updated)
select * from one;
+------+
| a    |
+------+
|    1 |
+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

select * from two;
+------+
| b    |
+------+
|    1 |
+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

How to repeat:
create table one (a int unique) select 1 a;
create table two (b int ) select 1 b;
insert into one select b from two  on duplicate key update b=3;
select * from one;
select * from two;

# trying to update a constant (no error)
insert into one select b from (select 1 b) x  on duplicate key update b=3;

Suggested fix:
dont accept a query, which tries to update a read only target

just to add reference to the "from" table within the update part are ok, but only onthe right side of the equation (IMHO)

...update [any field in one] = [any field in one or two]

Jorge, did you verify it on the *latest* 4.1.11 tree ?

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