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-rw-r--r--mysys/typelib.c22
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diff --git a/mysys/typelib.c b/mysys/typelib.c
index 4fab6f20493..780e63b4b04 100644
--- a/mysys/typelib.c
+++ b/mysys/typelib.c
@@ -20,6 +20,28 @@
#include <m_ctype.h>
+int find_type_or_exit(const char *x, TYPELIB *typelib, const char *option)
+{
+ int res;
+ const char **ptr;
+
+ if ((res= find_type((my_string) x, typelib, 2)) <= 0)
+ {
+ ptr= typelib->type_names;
+ if (!*x)
+ fprintf(stderr, "No option given to %s\n", option);
+ else
+ fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option to %s: %s\n", option, x);
+ fprintf(stderr, "Alternatives are: '%s'", *ptr);
+ while (*++ptr)
+ fprintf(stderr, ",'%s'", *ptr);
+ fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ return res;
+}
+
+
/*
Search after a string in a list of strings. Endspace in x is not compared.