Bug #87868 Unexpected ColumnSize for CHAR(36) and BLOB columns in GetSchemaTable

• Submitted: 26 Sep 2017 12:34
• Modified: 12 Dec 2017 23:49
• Reporter: Bradley Grainger (OCA)
• Status: Closed
• Category: Connector / NET
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 6.9.9
• OS: Windows (10.0.15063 x64)
• CPU Architecture: Any

[26 Sep 2017 12:34] Bradley Grainger

Description:
The "ColumnSize" value returned by MySqlDataReader.GetSchemaTable has unexpected values for CHAR(36) and the various BLOB data types.

CHAR(36) has a ColumnSize of 36, 72, 108, or 144 depending on the table's character set. 

The ColumnSize for TINYBLOB/BLOB/etc. appears to be divided by 3.

How to repeat:
Execute the following SQL:
	create schema schema_table collate utf8_bin;
	create table schema_table.datatypes(
		char36 char(36),
		char37 char(37),			
		`tinyblob` tinyblob,
		`blob` blob
	);
	insert into schema_table.datatypes values('test', 'test', _binary'test', _binary'test');

Then run this C# code:
	using (var connection = new MySqlConnection("... connection string ..."))
	{
		connection.Open();
		using (var cmd = connection.CreateCommand())
		{
			cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM schema_table.datatypes;";
			using (var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
			{
				var schemaTable = reader.GetSchemaTable();
				Console.WriteLine(schemaTable.Rows[0]["ColumnSize"]); // prints 108; expected 36
				Console.WriteLine(schemaTable.Rows[1]["ColumnSize"]); // prints 37, as expected
				Console.WriteLine(schemaTable.Rows[2]["ColumnSize"]); // prints 85; expected 255
				Console.WriteLine(schemaTable.Rows[3]["ColumnSize"]); // prints 21845; expected 65535
			}
		}
	}

Suggested fix:
The ColumnSize returned in GetSchemaTable should match the column definition in the "CREATE TABLE" SQL, regardless of the table's/schema's default character set.

[27 Sep 2017 5:32] Chiranjeevi Battula

Hello Bradley Grainger,

Thank you for the bug report and test case.
Verified this behavior on Visual Studio 2013 (C#.Net) and Connector/NET 6.9.9 version.

Thanks,
Chiranjeevi.

[27 Sep 2017 5:32] Chiranjeevi Battula

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[12 Dec 2017 23:49] Christine Cole

Posted by developer:
 
Fixed as of the upcoming MySQL Connector/NET 6.9.11 release, and here's the changelog entry:

The MySqlDataReader.GetSchemaTable method returned different column-size
values when used with different character sets.

Thank you for the bug report.