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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-20303

SPACE(-1) returns a wrong data type

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed (View Workflow)
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 5.5(EOL), 10.0(EOL), 10.1(EOL), 10.2(EOL), 10.3(EOL), 10.4(EOL)
    • 10.3.18
    • Data types
    • None

    Description

      SPACE

      CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE t1 (i BIGINT);
      INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (42);
      CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE t2 AS SELECT
        SPACE(0) AS c0,
        SPACE(-1) AS c1
      FROM t1;
      SHOW CREATE TABLE t2;
      

      +-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      | Table | Create Table                                                                                                                                               |
      +-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      | t2    | CREATE TABLE `t2` (
        `c0` char(0) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL,
        `c1` longtext CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL
      ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 |
      +-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      

      The data type for c1 is wrong. It should be char(0), like for c0.

      RPAD

      The same problem is repeatable with RPAD:

      CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE t1 (i BIGINT);
      INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (42);
      CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE t2 AS SELECT
        RPAD(i,0,'a') AS c0,
        RPAD(i,-1,'a') AS c1
      FROM t1;
      SHOW CREATE TABLE t2;
      

      +-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      | Table | Create Table                                                                                                                                               |
      +-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      | t2    | CREATE TABLE `t2` (
        `c0` char(0) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL,
        `c1` longtext CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL
      ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 |
      +-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      

      LEFT

      A similar problem is repeatable with LEFT(). It creates a too small column in case of a huge positive argument, which causes an error or data loss (depending in strict mode):

      CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE t1 (i BIGINT);
      INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (42);
      CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE t2 AS SELECT
        LEFT(i,0) AS c0,
        LEFT(i,18446744073709551615) AS c1
      FROM t1;
      

      ERROR 1406 (22001): Data too long for column 'c1' at row 1
      

      The error is not expected.

      Let's recreate the table using LIMIT 0 to avoid the error:

      CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE t2 AS SELECT
        LEFT(i,0) AS c0,
        LEFT(i,18446744073709551615) AS c1
      FROM t1 LIMIT 0;
      SHOW CREATE TABLE t2;
      

      +-------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      | Table | Create Table                                                                                                                                              |
      +-------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      | t2    | CREATE TABLE `t2` (
        `c0` char(0) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL,
        `c1` char(0) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL
      ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 |
      +-------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      

      Notice, the data type for c1 is wrong. It should be approximately char(20).

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