Patch contributed by Jocelyn Fournier. CLA received 2007-02-27.

Bug#25347: mysqlcheck -A -r doesn't repair table marked as crashed

mysqlcheck tests nullness of the engine type to know whether the
"table" is a view or not.  That also falsely catches tables that 
are severly damaged.

Instead, use SHOW FULL TABLES to test whether a "table" is a view
or not.

(Don't add new function.  Instead, get original data a smarter way.)

Make it safe for use against databases before when views appeared.


client/mysqlcheck.c:
  Use SHOW FULL TABLES to test better whether a name in the table
  list is one of a view.  Checking that the engine is NULL is 
  insufficient.
  
  Implemented suggestion from jimw that involved removing most of 
  original patch and getting data a better way
mysql-test/r/mysqlcheck.result:
  Verify that tables that have NULL/unreadable engine types are 
  processed and not interpreted as views.
mysql-test/t/mysqlcheck.test:
  Verify that tables that have NULL/unreadable engine types are 
  processed and not interpreted as views.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/client/mysqlcheck.c b/client/mysqlcheck.c
index 3b504eb50b0..473e172adf9 100644
--- a/client/mysqlcheck.c
+++ b/client/mysqlcheck.c
@@ -483,14 +483,17 @@ static int process_all_tables_in_db(char *database)
 {
   MYSQL_RES *res;
   MYSQL_ROW row;
+  uint num_columns;
 
   LINT_INIT(res);
   if (use_db(database))
     return 1;
-  if (mysql_query(sock, "SHOW TABLE STATUS") ||
+  if (mysql_query(sock, "SHOW /*!50002 FULL*/ TABLES") ||
 	!((res= mysql_store_result(sock))))
     return 1;
 
+  num_columns= mysql_num_fields(res);
+
   if (opt_all_in_1)
   {
     /*
@@ -513,12 +516,11 @@ static int process_all_tables_in_db(char *database)
     }
     for (end = tables + 1; (row = mysql_fetch_row(res)) ;)
     {
-      /* Skip tables with an engine of NULL (probably a view). */
-      if (row[1])
-      {
-        end= fix_table_name(end, row[0]);
-        *end++= ',';
-      }
+      if ((num_columns == 2) && (strcmp(row[1], "VIEW") == 0))
+        continue;
+
+      end= fix_table_name(end, row[0]);
+      *end++= ',';
     }
     *--end = 0;
     if (tot_length)
@@ -531,6 +533,9 @@ static int process_all_tables_in_db(char *database)
       /* Skip tables with an engine of NULL (probably a view). */
       if (row[1])
       {
+        if ((num_columns == 2) && (strcmp(row[1], "VIEW") == 0))
+          continue;
+        
         handle_request_for_tables(row[0], fixed_name_length(row[0]));
       }
   }