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  2. MDEV-8099

"WHERE OLD.col" does not work well in triggers

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      This script:

      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1,t2;
      CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT);
      INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (100);
      CREATE TABLE t2 (a INT);
      INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (100);
       
      DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS tr1;
      DELIMITER $$
      CREATE TRIGGER tr1 BEFORE UPDATE ON t1 FOR EACH ROW
      BEGIN
       DELETE FROM t2 WHERE OLD.a;
      END$$
      DELIMITER ;
      SELECT * FROM t1;
       
      SELECT * FROM t2;
      UPDATE t1 SET a=0;
      SELECT * FROM t2;

      returns one row before UPDATE on t1, and returns empty set after UPDATE on t1.
      This looks wrong, because OLD.a should evaluate to 0, and the DELETE query inside the trigger should be equal to:

      DELETE FROM t2 WHERE 0;

      Thus no rows should be deleted from t2.

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