MySQL Bugs: #9353: DESC mysql.user causes crash

Bug #9353	DESC mysql.user causes crash
Submitted:	23 Mar 2005 10:55	Modified:	23 Mar 2005 11:14
Reporter:	Federico Razzoli (OCA)	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server	Severity:	S1 (Critical)
Version:	5.0.2	OS:	Windows (Windows 2000 SP 4)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

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Description:
Some queries cause mysqld to crash -- and it is unable to restart until I restart Windows. Here are the queries:

DESC mysql.user
DESCRIBE mysql.user
SHOW COLUMNS FROM mysql.user
USE mysql; DESC user

I run these queries from the command line.

How to repeat:
Try the queries above.

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