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  2. MDEV-16868

Same query gives different results

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      I don't use the critical priority frivolously, but I have a query that always works on a mysql server, but only once at the first execution every 20 to 60 minutes on a MariaDB server. I am able to reproduce, that the query gives a different (wrong) result, if executed a few seconds after it gave the correct result. It also runs about 10 times slower on MariaDB than on mysql 5.7.
      I am ready to give you more information than just the query, but the data is sensitive. I have a pseudonymized database dump (101 MB compressed) and a screen recording (87 MB) that I could send to the developers who want to look into the problem. The screen recording shows me executing the query twice with different results and a proof via query log and diff tool, that the queries are the same.
      I filed this issue under "Data Definition - Temporary" because I did not find a component for issues with query results and had a vague feeling, that the temporary table has to do with it. However, I tried renaming it every time, but to no avail! Could it be the query cache?

      This bug affects our production environment.

      I appended the query results with columns separated by tabs, since I could not display them cleanly with this editor.

      Here is the query:

      DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS top5ads;
       
      CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE top5ads (click_count INT(10) UNSIGNED, ad_id INT(10) UNSIGNED);
       
      INSERT INTO top5ads (click_count, ad_id)
      SELECT
      	COUNT(*) AS click_count,
      	ads.id AS ad_id
      FROM
      	employ__ad_clicks ad_clicks
      	JOIN employ__ads ads ON ads.id = ad_clicks.ad_id
      	JOIN employ__companies cmps ON cmps.id = ads.company_id
      WHERE
      	cmps.vdma_company_id > 0 AND
      	ads.job_type_id IN (1,2,3,4,5,13,19) AND
      	ad_clicks.host <> '' AND
      	-- {job_type_id} AND
      	click_date BETWEEN '2018-01-01' AND '2018-07-01'
      GROUP BY
      	ads.id
      ORDER BY
      	click_count DESC
      LIMIT 5;
       
      SELECT
      	click_count,
      	CONCAT
      	(
      		TRIM(ads.title), ' | ',
      		(
      			SELECT
      				CONCAT(pcs.postal_code, ' ', ad_pcs.city)
      			FROM
      				employ__ads_postal_codes ad_pcs
      				JOIN employ__postal_codes pcs ON pcs.id = ad_pcs.postal_code_id
      			WHERE
      				ad_pcs.ad_id = ads.id
      			LIMIT 1
      		), ' | ',
      		click_count,
      		'\n',
      		cmps.name, ' ', cmps.second_name, ' | ', DATE_FORMAT(ads.created_at, '%d.%m.%Y'), ' | ',
      		CASE WHEN
      			ads.published AND
      			CURRENT_DATE BETWEEN ads.publishes_at AND ads.ends_at
      		THEN
      			'online'
      		ELSE
      			'offline'
      		END
      	) AS ad_title,
      	ads.job_type_id,
      	ads.permalink,
      	mpgs_clicks_lists.mpgs_clicks_list,
      	'Top' AS x_label
      FROM
      	top5ads
      JOIN employ__ads ads ON ads.id = top5ads.ad_id
      JOIN employ__companies cmps ON cmps.id = ads.company_id
      JOIN
      	(
      		SELECT
      			adcs_ad_id,
      			GROUP_CONCAT(mpg_name_click_count ORDER BY mpg_name_click_count SEPARATOR '\n') AS mpgs_clicks_list
      		FROM
      		(
      			SELECT
      				adcs_ad_id,
      				CONCAT(click_counts_mpgs.name, ': ', click_counts_mpgs.click_count_mpg) AS mpg_name_click_count
      			FROM
      			(
      				SELECT
      					adcs.ad_id AS adcs_ad_id,
      					COUNT(*) as click_count_mpg,
      					mpgs.name
      				FROM
      					employ__ad_clicks adcs
      					JOIN employ__marketplace_group_hosts mpg_hosts ON adcs.host = mpg_hosts.name
      					JOIN employ__marketplace_groups mpgs ON mpgs.id = mpg_hosts.marketplace_group_id
      				WHERE
      					adcs.host <> '' AND
      					adcs.click_date BETWEEN '2018-01-01' AND '2018-07-01'
      				GROUP BY
      					mpgs.name,
      					adcs.ad_id
      			) click_counts_mpgs
      		) mpg_name_click_counts
      		GROUP BY
      			adcs_ad_id
      		ORDER BY mpg_name_click_counts.adcs_ad_id
      	)	
      	mpgs_clicks_lists ON mpgs_clicks_lists.adcs_ad_id = ads.id;
      
      

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        1. mariadb.cnf
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        2. my.cnf
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        3. mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf
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        4. query_results_mariadb.txt
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