This changeset contains changes approved in code review by

Konstja and Georg, change sets 1.1806, 1.1805. These changes has been successfully 
tested on both my own workstation (Suse 9.0) and production.mysql.com.


mysql-test/r/federated.result:
  new test results for error handling tests.
mysql-test/t/federated.test:
  new error handling tests
sql/ha_federated.cc:
  - check_foreign_data source added
  - table names now enclosed in '`' to allow for '%' or other characters
  - better error handling
  - mysql_init now checked to see if it returns true/false, error out if false (Georg)
BitKeeper/etc/logging_ok:
  Logging to logging@openlogging.org accepted

BitKeeper/etc/logging_ok

@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ ndbdev@shark.
 nick@mysql.com
 nick@nick.leippe.com
 papa@gbichot.local
+patg@krsna.
 patg@krsna.patg.net
 patg@patrick-galbraiths-computer.local
 patg@pc248.lfp.kcls.org

mysql-test/r/federated.result

@@ -8,6 +8,120 @@ stop slave;
 DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
 CREATE DATABASE federated;
 CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+`id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+`name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
+CREATE DATABASE federated;
+CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+`id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+`name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:@/too/many/items/federated/t1';
+ERROR HY000: Can't create table 'this connection string is not in the correct format!
+' (errno: 0)
+CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+`id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+`name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1';
+ERROR HY000: Can't create table 'this connection string is not in the correct format!
+' (errno: 0)
+CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+`id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+`name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:SLAVE_PORT/federated/t3';
+ERROR HY000: Error running query on master: foreign table 't3' does not exist!
+CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+`id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+`name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+COMMENT='mysql://user:pass@127.0.0.1:SLAVE_PORT/federated/t1';
+ERROR 08S01: Error connecting to master: unable to connect to database 'federated' on host '127.0.0.1 as user 'user' !
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
+Warnings:
+Note	1051	Unknown table 't1'
+CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+`id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+`name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:SLAVE_PORT/federated/t1';
+INSERT INTO federated.t1 (id, name) VALUES (1, 'foo');
+INSERT INTO federated.t1 (id, name) VALUES (2, 'fee');
+SELECT * FROM federated.t1;
+id	name
+1	foo
+2	fee
+DELETE FROM federated.t1;
+DROP TABLE federated.t1;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t2;
+Warnings:
+Note	1051	Unknown table 't2'
+CREATE TABLE federated.t2 (
+`id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+`name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:SLAVE_PORT/federated/t1';
+INSERT INTO federated.t2 (id, name) VALUES (1, 'foo');
+INSERT INTO federated.t2 (id, name) VALUES (2, 'fee');
+SELECT * FROM federated.t2;
+id	name
+1	foo
+2	fee
+DROP TABLE federated.t2;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.`t1%`;
+Warnings:
+Note	1051	Unknown table 't1%'
+CREATE TABLE federated.`t1%` (
+`id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+`name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
+Warnings:
+Note	1051	Unknown table 't1'
+CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+`id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+`name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:SLAVE_PORT/federated/t1%';
+INSERT INTO federated.t1 (id, name) VALUES (1, 'foo');
+INSERT INTO federated.t1 (id, name) VALUES (2, 'fee');
+SELECT * FROM federated.t1;
+id	name
+1	foo
+2	fee
+DELETE FROM federated.t1;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
+CREATE TABLE federated.`t1%` (
+`id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+`name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:9308/federated/t1%';
+INSERT INTO federated.`t1%` (id, name) VALUES (1, 'foo');
+INSERT INTO federated.`t1%` (id, name) VALUES (2, 'fee');
+SELECT * FROM federated.`t1%`;
+id	name
+1	foo
+2	fee
+DELETE FROM federated.`t1%`;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.`t1%`;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.`t1%`;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
+Warnings:
+Note	1051	Unknown table 't1'
+CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
 `id` int(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
 `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default '',
 `other` int(20) NOT NULL default '0',
@@ -16,8 +130,6 @@ PRIMARY KEY  (`id`),
 KEY `name` (`name`),
 KEY `other_key` (`other`))
 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
-DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
-CREATE DATABASE federated;
 CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
 `id` int(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
 `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default '',

mysql-test/t/federated.test

@@ -14,7 +14,136 @@ DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
 --enable_warnings
 CREATE DATABASE federated;
 
+CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+    `id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+    `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+
+connection master;
+--disable_warnings
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
+--enable_warnings
+CREATE DATABASE federated;
+
+# test too many items (malformed) in the comment string url
+--error 1005
+eval CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+    `id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+    `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+  ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+  COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:@/too/many/items/federated/t1';
+
+# test not enough items (malformed) in the comment string url
+--error 1005
+eval CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+    `id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+    `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+  ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+  COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1';
+
+# test non-existant table
+--replace_result $SLAVE_MYPORT SLAVE_PORT
+--error 1219 
+eval CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+    `id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+    `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+  ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+  COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:$SLAVE_MYPORT/federated/t3';
+
+# test bad user/password 
+--replace_result $SLAVE_MYPORT SLAVE_PORT
+--error 1218
+eval CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+    `id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+    `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+  ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+  COMMENT='mysql://user:pass@127.0.0.1:$SLAVE_MYPORT/federated/t1';
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
+# # correct connection, same named tables
+--replace_result $SLAVE_MYPORT SLAVE_PORT
+eval CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+    `id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+    `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+  ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+  COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:$SLAVE_MYPORT/federated/t1';
+
+INSERT INTO federated.t1 (id, name) VALUES (1, 'foo');
+INSERT INTO federated.t1 (id, name) VALUES (2, 'fee');
+
+SELECT * FROM federated.t1;
+DELETE FROM federated.t1;
+DROP TABLE federated.t1;
+
+# correct connection, differently named tables
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t2;
+--replace_result $SLAVE_MYPORT SLAVE_PORT
+eval CREATE TABLE federated.t2 (
+    `id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+    `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+  ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+  COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:$SLAVE_MYPORT/federated/t1';
+
+INSERT INTO federated.t2 (id, name) VALUES (1, 'foo');
+INSERT INTO federated.t2 (id, name) VALUES (2, 'fee');
+
+SELECT * FROM federated.t2;
+DROP TABLE federated.t2;
+
+connection slave;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.`t1%`;
+CREATE TABLE federated.`t1%` (
+    `id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+    `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+
+connection master; 
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
+
+--replace_result $SLAVE_MYPORT SLAVE_PORT
+eval CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
+    `id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+    `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+  ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+  COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:$SLAVE_MYPORT/federated/t1%';
+
+INSERT INTO federated.t1 (id, name) VALUES (1, 'foo');
+INSERT INTO federated.t1 (id, name) VALUES (2, 'fee');
+
+SELECT * FROM federated.t1;
+DELETE FROM federated.t1;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
+
+eval CREATE TABLE federated.`t1%` (
+    `id` int(20) NOT NULL,
+    `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default ''
+    )
+  ENGINE="FEDERATED" DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+  COMMENT='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:$SLAVE_MYPORT/federated/t1%';
+
+INSERT INTO federated.`t1%` (id, name) VALUES (1, 'foo');
+INSERT INTO federated.`t1%` (id, name) VALUES (2, 'fee');
+
+SELECT * FROM federated.`t1%`;
+DELETE FROM federated.`t1%`;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.`t1%`;
+
+connection slave;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.`t1%`;
+
 # I wanted to use timestamp, but results will fail if so!!!
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
 CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
     `id` int(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
     `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default '',
@@ -25,12 +154,8 @@ CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
     KEY `other_key` (`other`))
   DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
 
-connection master;
---disable_warnings
-DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
---enable_warnings
-CREATE DATABASE federated;
 
+connection master;
 --replace_result $SLAVE_MYPORT SLAVE_PORT
 eval CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
     `id` int(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
@@ -660,33 +785,36 @@ INSERT INTO federated.t1 VALUES (0x0001);
 INSERT INTO federated.t1 VALUES (0x0100);
 SELECT HEX(a) FROM federated.t1;
 
-
-# TODO
-# 
-# CREATE TABLE federated.t1 
-# (a char(20)) charset=cp1251
-# ENGINE="FEDERATED" COMMENT="mysql://root@127.0.0.1:$SLAVE_MYPORT/federated/t1";
-# 
-# connection slave;
+# # simple tests for cyrillic, given to me by 
+# DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
+# --replace_result $SLAVE_MYPORT SLAVE_PORT
+# eval CREATE TABLE federated.t1
+#  (a char(20)) charset=cp1251
+#  ENGINE="FEDERATED" COMMENT="mysql://root@127.0.0.1:$SLAVE_MYPORT/federated/t1";
+# # 
+#  connection slave;
 # DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
 # CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (a char(20)) charset=cp1251;
-# 
-# connection master;
+# # 
+#  connection master;
 # INSERT INTO federated.t1 values (_cp1251'--1');
 # INSERT INTO federated.t1 values (_cp1251'--2');
+# SELECT * FROM federated.t1;
 # SET names cp1251;
 # INSERT INTO federated.t1 values ('--3');
 # INSERT INTO federated.t1 values ('-Ũ-4');
 # SELECT * FROM federated.t1;
-# select hex(a) from federated.t1;
-# select hex(a) from federated.t1 ORDER BY a desc;
-# update federated.t1 SET a='--1' WHERE a='--1';
+# SELECT hex(a) from federated.t1;
+# SELECT hex(a) from federated.t1 ORDER BY a desc;
+# UPDATE federated.t1 SET a='--1' WHERE a='--1';
 # SELECT * FROM federated.t1;
 # DELETE FROM federated.t1 WHERE a='-Ũ-4';
 # SELECT * FROM federated.t1;
 # DELETE FROM federated.t1 WHERE a>'-';
 # SELECT * FROM federated.t1;
 # SET names default;
+# DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
+
 # 
 # DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
 # 

sql/ha_federated.cc

@@ -414,6 +414,99 @@ bool federated_db_end()
   return FALSE;
 }
 
+
+/*
+ Check (in create) whether the tables exists, and that it can be connected to
+
+  SYNOPSIS
+    check_foreign_data_source()
+      share               pointer to FEDERATED share
+
+  DESCRIPTION
+    This method first checks that the connection information that parse url
+    has populated into the share will be sufficient to connect to the foreign
+    table, and if so, does the foreign table exist.
+*/
+
+static int check_foreign_data_source(FEDERATED_SHARE *share)
+{
+  char escaped_table_base_name[IO_SIZE];
+  MYSQL *mysql;
+  MYSQL_RES *result=0;
+  uint error_code;
+  char query_buffer[IO_SIZE];
+  char error_buffer[IO_SIZE];
+  String query(query_buffer, sizeof(query_buffer), &my_charset_bin);
+  DBUG_ENTER("ha_federated::check_foreign_data_source");
+  query.length(0);
+
+  /* error out if we can't alloc memory for mysql_init(NULL) (per Georg) */
+  if (! (mysql= mysql_init(NULL)))
+  {
+    DBUG_RETURN(HA_ERR_OUT_OF_MEM);
+  }
+  /* check if we can connect */
+  if (!mysql_real_connect(mysql,
+                          share->hostname,
+                          share->username,
+                          share->password,
+                          share->database,
+                          share->port,
+                          share->socket, 0))
+  {
+    my_sprintf(error_buffer,
+               (error_buffer,
+                "unable to connect to database '%s' on host '%s as user '%s' !",
+               share->database, share->hostname, share->username));
+    error_code= ER_CONNECT_TO_MASTER;
+    goto error;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    /* 
+      Note: I am not using INORMATION_SCHEMA because this needs to work with < 5.0
+      if we can connect, then make sure the table exists 
+    */
+    query.append("SHOW TABLES LIKE '");
+    escape_string_for_mysql(&my_charset_bin, (char *)escaped_table_base_name,
+                            share->table_base_name,
+                            share->table_base_name_length);
+    query.append(escaped_table_base_name);
+    query.append("'");
+
+    error_code= ER_QUERY_ON_MASTER;
+    if (mysql_real_query(mysql, query.ptr(), query.length()))
+      goto error;
+
+    result= mysql_store_result(mysql);
+    if (! result)
+      goto error;
+
+    /* if ! mysql_num_rows, the table doesn't exist, send error */
+    if (! mysql_num_rows(result))
+    {
+      my_sprintf(error_buffer,
+                 (error_buffer, "foreign table '%s' does not exist!",
+                  share->table_base_name));
+      goto error;
+    }
+    mysql_free_result(result);
+    result= 0;
+    mysql_close(mysql);
+
+  }
+  DBUG_RETURN(0);
+
+error:
+    if (result)
+      mysql_free_result(result);
+    mysql_close(mysql);
+    my_error(error_code, MYF(0), error_buffer);
+    DBUG_RETURN(error_code);
+
+}
+
+
 /*
   Parse connection info from table->s->comment
 
@@ -521,6 +614,8 @@ static int parse_url(FEDERATED_SHARE *share, TABLE *table,
         }
         else
           goto error;
+
+        share->table_base_name_length= strlen(share->table_base_name);
       }
       else
         goto error;
@@ -545,6 +640,17 @@ static int parse_url(FEDERATED_SHARE *share, TABLE *table,
                   share->scheme, share->username, share->password,
                   share->hostname, share->port, share->database,
                   share->table_base_name));
+
+      /* If creation, check first if we can connect and that the table exists */
+      /*if (table_create_flag)
+      {
+        if (check_foreign_data_source(share))
+          goto error;
+      */
+        /* free share->schema even if no error, since this is a create */
+      /*
+        my_free((gptr) share->scheme, MYF(0));
+        }*/
     }
     else
       goto error;
@@ -561,6 +667,7 @@ error:
 
 }
 
+
 /*
   Convert MySQL result set row to handler internal format
 
@@ -778,15 +885,14 @@ static FEDERATED_SHARE *get_share(const char *table_name, TABLE *table)
                                                table_name_length)))
   {
     query.set_charset(system_charset_info);
-    query.append("SELECT * FROM ");
-    query.append(table_base_name);
+    query.append("SELECT * FROM `");
 
     if (!(share= (FEDERATED_SHARE *)
           my_multi_malloc(MYF(MY_WME | MY_ZEROFILL),
                           &share, sizeof(*share),
                           &tmp_table_name, table_name_length + 1,
-                          &tmp_table_base_name, table_base_name_length + 1,
-                          &select_query, query.length() + 1, NullS)))
+                          &select_query, query.length() +
+                          strlen(table->s->comment) + 1,  NullS)))
     {
       pthread_mutex_unlock(&federated_mutex);
       return NULL;
@@ -795,14 +901,13 @@ static FEDERATED_SHARE *get_share(const char *table_name, TABLE *table)
     if (parse_url(share, table, 0))
       goto error;
 
+    query.append(share->table_base_name);
+    query.append("`");
     share->use_count= 0;
     share->table_name_length= table_name_length;
     share->table_name= tmp_table_name;
-    share->table_base_name_length= table_base_name_length;
-    share->table_base_name= tmp_table_base_name;
     share->select_query= select_query;
     strmov(share->table_name, table_name);
-    strmov(share->table_base_name, table_base_name);
     strmov(share->select_query, query.ptr());
     DBUG_PRINT("ha_federated::get_share",
                ("share->select_query %s", share->select_query));
@@ -820,7 +925,6 @@ error:
   pthread_mutex_unlock(&federated_mutex);
   if (share->scheme)
     my_free((gptr) share->scheme, MYF(0));
-  VOID(pthread_mutex_destroy(&share->mutex));
   my_free((gptr) share, MYF(0));
 
   return NULL;
@@ -1016,6 +1120,8 @@ int ha_federated::write_row(byte *buf)
   insert_field_value_string.length(0);
 
   DBUG_ENTER("ha_federated::write_row");
+  DBUG_PRINT("ha_federated::write_row", ("table charset name %s csname %s",
+                                         table->s->table_charset->name, table->s->table_charset->csname));
 
   statistic_increment(table->in_use->status_var.ha_write_count, &LOCK_status);
   if (table->timestamp_field_type & TIMESTAMP_AUTO_SET_ON_INSERT)
@@ -1031,8 +1137,9 @@ int ha_federated::write_row(byte *buf)
                                          current_query_id));
 
   /* start off our string */
-  insert_string.append("INSERT INTO ");
+  insert_string.append("INSERT INTO `");
   insert_string.append(share->table_base_name);
+  insert_string.append("`");
   /* start both our field and field values strings */
   insert_string.append(" (");
   values_string.append(" VALUES (");
@@ -1056,7 +1163,7 @@ int ha_federated::write_row(byte *buf)
   for (field= table->field; *field; field++, x++)
   {
     DBUG_PRINT("ha_federated::write_row", ("field type %d", (*field)->type()));
-    // if there is a query id and if it's equal to the current query id
+    /* if there is a query id and if it's equal to the current query id */
     if (((*field)->query_id && (*field)->query_id == current_query_id)
         || all_fields_have_same_query_id)
     {
@@ -1076,8 +1183,7 @@ int ha_federated::write_row(byte *buf)
                     current_query_id, (*field)->query_id));
         (*field)->val_str(&insert_field_value_string);
         /* quote these fields if they require it */
-        (*field)->quote_data(&insert_field_value_string);
-      }
+        (*field)->quote_data(&insert_field_value_string); }
       /* append the field name */
       insert_string.append((*field)->field_name);
 
@@ -1162,20 +1268,19 @@ int ha_federated::update_row(const byte *old_data, byte *new_data)
   /* stores the value to be replaced of the field were are updating */
   String old_field_value(old_field_value_buffer, sizeof(old_field_value_buffer),
                          &my_charset_bin);
-  old_field_value.length(0);
   /* stores the new value of the field */
   String new_field_value(new_field_value_buffer, sizeof(new_field_value_buffer),
                          &my_charset_bin);
-  new_field_value.length(0);
   /* stores the update query */
   String update_string(update_buffer, sizeof(update_buffer), &my_charset_bin);
-  update_string.length(0);
   /* stores the WHERE clause */
   String where_string(where_buffer, sizeof(where_buffer), &my_charset_bin);
-  where_string.length(0);
 
   DBUG_ENTER("ha_federated::update_row");
-
+  old_field_value.length(0);
+  new_field_value.length(0);
+  update_string.length(0);
+  where_string.length(0);
 
   has_a_primary_key= (table->s->primary_key == 0 ? 1 : 0);
   primary_key_field_num= has_a_primary_key ?
@@ -1183,8 +1288,9 @@ int ha_federated::update_row(const byte *old_data, byte *new_data)
   if (has_a_primary_key)
     DBUG_PRINT("ha_federated::update_row", ("has a primary key"));
 
-  update_string.append("UPDATE ");
+  update_string.append("UPDATE `");
   update_string.append(share->table_base_name);
+  update_string.append("`");
   update_string.append(" SET ");
 
 /*
@@ -1312,8 +1418,9 @@ int ha_federated::delete_row(const byte *buf)
 
   DBUG_ENTER("ha_federated::delete_row");
 
-  delete_string.append("DELETE FROM ");
+  delete_string.append("DELETE FROM `");
   delete_string.append(share->table_base_name);
+  delete_string.append("`");
   delete_string.append(" WHERE ");
 
   for (Field **field= table->field; *field; field++, x++)
@@ -1395,6 +1502,7 @@ int ha_federated::index_read_idx(byte *buf, uint index, const byte *key,
   sql_query.length(0);
 
   DBUG_ENTER("ha_federated::index_read_idx");
+
   statistic_increment(table->in_use->status_var.ha_read_key_count,
                       &LOCK_status);
 
@@ -1576,6 +1684,16 @@ int ha_federated::rnd_next(byte *buf)
   MYSQL_ROW row;
   DBUG_ENTER("ha_federated::rnd_next");
 
+  if (result == 0)
+  {
+    /*
+      Return value of rnd_init is not always checked (see records.cc),
+      so we can get here _even_ if there is _no_ pre-fetched result-set!
+      TODO: fix it.
+      */
+    DBUG_RETURN(1);
+  }
+ 
   /* Fetch a row, insert it back in a row format. */
   current_position= result->data_cursor;
   DBUG_PRINT("ha_federated::rnd_next",
@@ -1716,8 +1834,9 @@ int ha_federated::delete_all_rows()
   query.length(0);
 
   query.set_charset(system_charset_info);
-  query.append("TRUNCATE ");
+  query.append("TRUNCATE `");
   query.append(share->table_base_name);
+  query.append("`");
 
   if (mysql_real_query(mysql, query.ptr(), query.length()))
   {
@@ -1803,14 +1922,28 @@ THR_LOCK_DATA **ha_federated::store_lock(THD *thd,
 int ha_federated::create(const char *name, TABLE *table_arg,
                          HA_CREATE_INFO *create_info)
 {
+  int connection_error=0;
   FEDERATED_SHARE tmp;
   DBUG_ENTER("ha_federated::create");
+
   if (parse_url(&tmp, table_arg, 1))
   {
-    my_error(ER_CANT_CREATE_TABLE, MYF(0));
-    DBUG_RETURN(ER_CANT_CREATE_TABLE);
+    my_error(ER_CANT_CREATE_TABLE, MYF(0), name, 1);
+    goto error;
   }
+  if ((connection_error= check_foreign_data_source(&tmp)))
+  {
+    my_error(connection_error, MYF(0), name, 1);
+    goto error;
+  }
+  
   my_free((gptr) tmp.scheme, MYF(0));
   DBUG_RETURN(0);
+  
+error:
+  DBUG_PRINT("ha_federated::create", ("errors, returning %d", ER_CANT_CREATE_TABLE));
+  my_free((gptr) tmp.scheme, MYF(0));
+  DBUG_RETURN(ER_CANT_CREATE_TABLE);
+
 }
 #endif /* HAVE_FEDERATED_DB */