ha_ndb blobs

ndb/include/kernel/signaldata/DictTabInfo.hpp

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ public:
     ExtDatetime = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Datetime,
     ExtTimespec = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Timespec,
     ExtBlob = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Blob,
-    ExtClob = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Clob
+    ExtText = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Text
   };
 
   // Attribute data interpretation
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ public:
         AttributeArraySize = 12 * AttributeExtLength;
         return true;
       case DictTabInfo::ExtBlob:
-      case DictTabInfo::ExtClob:
+      case DictTabInfo::ExtText:
         AttributeType = DictTabInfo::StringType;
         AttributeSize = DictTabInfo::an8Bit;
         // head + inline part [ attr precision ]

ndb/include/ndbapi/NdbBlob.hpp

@@ -50,24 +50,33 @@ class NdbColumnImpl;
  * - closed: after transaction commit
  * - invalid: after rollback or transaction close
  *
- * NdbBlob supports 2 styles of data access:
+ * NdbBlob supports 3 styles of data access:
  *
  * - in prepare phase, NdbBlob methods getValue and setValue are used to
- *   prepare a read or write of a single blob value of known size
+ *   prepare a read or write of a blob value of known size
  *
- * - in active phase, NdbBlob methods readData and writeData are used to
- *   read or write blob data of undetermined size
+ * - in prepare phase, setActiveHook is used to define a routine which
+ *   is invoked as soon as the handle becomes active
+ *
+ * - in active phase, readData and writeData are used to read or write
+ *   blob data of arbitrary size
+ *
+ * The styles can be applied in combination (in above order).
+ *
+ * Blob operations take effect at next transaction execute.  In some
+ * cases NdbBlob is forced to do implicit executes.  To avoid this,
+ * operate on complete blob parts.
+ *
+ * Use NdbConnection::executePendingBlobOps to flush your reads and
+ * writes.  It avoids execute penalty if nothing is pending.  It is not
+ * needed after execute (obviously) or after next scan result.
  *
  * NdbBlob methods return -1 on error and 0 on success, and use output
  * parameters when necessary.
  *
  * Notes:
  * - table and its blob part tables are not created atomically
- * - blob data operations take effect at next transaction execute
- * - NdbBlob may need to do implicit executes on the transaction
- * - read and write of complete parts is much more efficient
  * - scan must use the "new" interface NdbScanOperation
- * - scan with blobs applies hold-read-lock (at minimum)
  * - to update a blob in a read op requires exclusive tuple lock
  * - update op in scan must do its own getBlobHandle
  * - delete creates implicit, not-accessible blob handles
@@ -78,12 +87,16 @@ class NdbColumnImpl;
  * - scan must use exclusive locking for now
  *
  * Todo:
- * - add scan method hold-read-lock-until-next + return-keyinfo
- * - better check of keyinfo length when setting keys
- * - better check of allowed blob op vs locking mode
+ * - add scan method hold-read-lock + return-keyinfo
+ * - check keyinfo length when setting keys
+ * - check allowed blob ops vs locking mode
+ * - overload control (too many pending ops)
  */
 class NdbBlob {
 public:
+  /**
+   * State.
+   */
   enum State {
     Idle = 0,
     Prepared = 1,
@@ -92,9 +105,15 @@ public:
     Invalid = 9
   };
   State getState();
+  /**
+   * Inline blob header.
+   */
+  struct Head {
+    Uint64 length;
+  };
   /**
    * Prepare to read blob value.  The value is available after execute.
-   * Use isNull to check for NULL and getLength to get the real length
+   * Use getNull to check for NULL and getLength to get the real length
    * and to check for truncation.  Sets current read/write position to
    * after the data read.
    */
@@ -106,6 +125,20 @@ public:
    * data to null pointer (0) to create a NULL value.
    */
   int setValue(const void* data, Uint32 bytes);
+  /**
+   * Callback for setActiveHook.  Invoked immediately when the prepared
+   * operation has been executed (but not committed).  Any getValue or
+   * setValue is done first.  The blob handle is active so readData or
+   * writeData etc can be used to manipulate blob value.  A user-defined
+   * argument is passed along.  Returns non-zero on error.
+   */
+  typedef int ActiveHook(NdbBlob* me, void* arg);
+  /**
+   * Define callback for blob handle activation.  The queue of prepared
+   * operations will be executed in no commit mode up to this point and
+   * then the callback is invoked.
+   */
+  int setActiveHook(ActiveHook* activeHook, void* arg);
   /**
    * Check if blob is null.
    */
@@ -115,7 +148,7 @@ public:
    */
   int setNull();
   /**
-   * Get current length in bytes.  Use isNull to distinguish between
+   * Get current length in bytes.  Use getNull to distinguish between
    * length 0 blob and NULL blob.
    */
   int getLength(Uint64& length);
@@ -180,6 +213,13 @@ public:
   static const int ErrAbort = 4268;
   // "Unknown blob error"
   static const int ErrUnknown = 4269;
+  /**
+   * Return info about all blobs in this operation.
+   */
+  // Get first blob in list
+  NdbBlob* blobsFirstBlob();
+  // Get next blob in list after this one
+  NdbBlob* blobsNextBlob();
 
 private:
   friend class Ndb;
@@ -214,10 +254,11 @@ private:
   bool theSetFlag;
   const char* theSetBuf;
   Uint32 theGetSetBytes;
-  // head
-  struct Head {
-    Uint64 length;
-  };
+  // pending ops
+  Uint8 thePendingBlobOps;
+  // activation callback
+  ActiveHook* theActiveHook;
+  void* theActiveHookArg;
   // buffers
   struct Buf {
     char* data;
@@ -235,7 +276,6 @@ private:
   char* theInlineData;
   NdbRecAttr* theHeadInlineRecAttr;
   bool theHeadInlineUpdateFlag;
-  bool theNewPartFlag;
   // length and read/write position
   int theNullFlag;
   Uint64 theLength;
@@ -276,6 +316,11 @@ private:
   int insertParts(const char* buf, Uint32 part, Uint32 count);
   int updateParts(const char* buf, Uint32 part, Uint32 count);
   int deleteParts(Uint32 part, Uint32 count);
+  // pending ops
+  int executePendingBlobReads();
+  int executePendingBlobWrites();
+  // callbacks
+  int invokeActiveHook();
   // blob handle maintenance
   int atPrepare(NdbConnection* aCon, NdbOperation* anOp, const NdbColumnImpl* aColumn);
   int preExecute(ExecType anExecType, bool& batch);
@@ -287,6 +332,7 @@ private:
   void setErrorCode(NdbOperation* anOp, bool invalidFlag = true);
   void setErrorCode(NdbConnection* aCon, bool invalidFlag = true);
 #ifdef VM_TRACE
+  int getOperationType() const;
   friend class NdbOut& operator<<(NdbOut&, const NdbBlob&);
 #endif
 };

ndb/include/ndbapi/NdbConnection.hpp

@@ -431,6 +431,15 @@ public:
 
   /** @} *********************************************************************/
 
+  /**
+   * Execute the transaction in NoCommit mode if there are any not-yet
+   * executed blob part operations of given types.  Otherwise do
+   * nothing.  The flags argument is bitwise OR of (1 << optype) where
+   * optype comes from NdbOperation::OperationType.  Only the basic PK
+   * ops are used (read, insert, update, delete).
+   */
+  int executePendingBlobOps(Uint8 flags = 0xFF);
+
 private:						
   /**
    * Release completed operations
@@ -642,6 +651,7 @@ private:
   Uint32 theBuddyConPtr;
   // optim: any blobs
   bool theBlobFlag;
+  Uint8 thePendingBlobOps;
 
   static void sendTC_COMMIT_ACK(NdbApiSignal *,
 				Uint32 transId1, Uint32 transId2, 
@@ -869,6 +879,21 @@ NdbConnection::OpSent()
   theNoOfOpSent++;
 }
 
+/******************************************************************************
+void executePendingBlobOps();
+******************************************************************************/
+#include <stdlib.h>
+inline
+int
+NdbConnection::executePendingBlobOps(Uint8 flags)
+{
+  if (thePendingBlobOps & flags) {
+    // not executeNoBlobs because there can be new ops with blobs
+    return execute(NoCommit);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
 inline
 Uint32
 NdbConnection::ptr2int(){
@@ -876,5 +901,3 @@ NdbConnection::ptr2int(){
 }
 
 #endif
-
-

ndb/include/ndbapi/NdbDictionary.hpp

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public:
       Datetime,    ///< Precision down to 1 sec (sizeof(Datetime) == 8 bytes )
       Timespec,    ///< Precision down to 1 nsec(sizeof(Datetime) == 12 bytes )
       Blob,        ///< Binary large object (see NdbBlob)
-      Clob         ///< Text blob
+      Text         ///< Text blob
     };
 
     /** 
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * For blob, set or get "part size" i.e. number of bytes to store in
-     * each tuple of the "blob table".  Must be less than 64k.
+     * each tuple of the "blob table".  Can be set to zero to omit parts
+     * and to allow only inline bytes ("tinyblob").
      */
     void setPartSize(int size) { setScale(size); }
     int getPartSize() const { return getScale(); }
@@ -1060,6 +1061,6 @@ public:
   };
 };
 
-class NdbOut& operator <<(class NdbOut& ndbout, const NdbDictionary::Column::Type type);
+class NdbOut& operator <<(class NdbOut& out, const NdbDictionary::Column& col);
 
 #endif

ndb/include/util/NdbSqlUtil.hpp

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public:
       Datetime,         // Precision down to 1 sec  (size 8 bytes)
       Timespec,         // Precision down to 1 nsec (size 12 bytes)
       Blob,             // Blob
-      Clob              // Text blob
+      Text              // Text blob
     };
     Enum m_typeId;
     Cmp* m_cmp;         // set to NULL if cmp not implemented
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ private:
   static Cmp cmpDatetime;
   static Cmp cmpTimespec;
   static Cmp cmpBlob;
-  static Cmp cmpClob;
+  static Cmp cmpText;
 };
 
 inline int
@@ -344,17 +344,15 @@ NdbSqlUtil::cmp(Uint32 typeId, const Uint32* p1, const Uint32* p2, Uint32 full,
     break;
   case Type::Blob:              // XXX fix
     break;
-  case Type::Clob:
+  case Type::Text:
     {
-      // skip blob head, the rest is varchar
+      // skip blob head, the rest is char
       const unsigned skip = NDB_BLOB_HEAD_SIZE;
       if (size >= skip + 1) {
         union { const Uint32* p; const char* v; } u1, u2;
         u1.p = p1 + skip;
         u2.p = p2 + skip;
-        // length in first 2 bytes
-        int k = strncmp(u1.v + 2, u2.v + 2, ((size - skip) << 2) - 2);
-        return k < 0 ? -1 : k > 0 ? +1 : full == size ? 0 : CmpUnknown;
+        // TODO
       }
       return CmpUnknown;
     }

ndb/src/common/util/NdbSqlUtil.cpp

@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ NdbSqlUtil::m_typeList[] = {
     NULL // cmpDatetime
   },
   {
-    Type::Clob,
-    cmpClob
+    Type::Text,
+    cmpText
   }
 };
 
@@ -299,9 +299,9 @@ NdbSqlUtil::cmpBlob(const Uint32* p1, const Uint32* p2, Uint32 full, Uint32 size
 }
 
 int
-NdbSqlUtil::cmpClob(const Uint32* p1, const Uint32* p2, Uint32 full, Uint32 size)
+NdbSqlUtil::cmpText(const Uint32* p1, const Uint32* p2, Uint32 full, Uint32 size)
 {
-  return cmp(Type::Clob, p1, p2, full, size);
+  return cmp(Type::Text, p1, p2, full, size);
 }
 
 #ifdef NDB_SQL_UTIL_TEST

ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbConnection.cpp

@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ NdbConnection::NdbConnection( Ndb* aNdb ) :
   // Scan operations
   theScanningOp(NULL),
   theBuddyConPtr(0xFFFFFFFF),
-  theBlobFlag(false)
+  theBlobFlag(false),
+  thePendingBlobOps(0)
 {
   theListState = NotInList;
   theError.code = 0;
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ NdbConnection::init()
   theBuddyConPtr            = 0xFFFFFFFF;
   //
   theBlobFlag = false;
+  thePendingBlobOps = 0;
 }//NdbConnection::init()
 
 /*****************************************************************************
@@ -269,20 +271,27 @@ NdbConnection::execute(ExecType aTypeOfExec,
   if (! theBlobFlag)
     return executeNoBlobs(aTypeOfExec, abortOption, forceSend);
 
-  // execute prepared ops in batches, as requested by blobs
+  /*
+   * execute prepared ops in batches, as requested by blobs
+   * - blob error does not terminate execution
+   * - blob error sets error on operation
+   * - if error on operation skip blob calls
+   */
 
   ExecType tExecType;
   NdbOperation* tPrepOp;
 
+  int ret = 0;
   do {
     tExecType = aTypeOfExec;
     tPrepOp = theFirstOpInList;
     while (tPrepOp != NULL) {
+      if (tPrepOp->theError.code == 0) {
         bool batch = false;
         NdbBlob* tBlob = tPrepOp->theBlobList;
         while (tBlob != NULL) {
           if (tBlob->preExecute(tExecType, batch) == -1)
-          return -1;
+            ret = -1;
           tBlob = tBlob->theNext;
         }
         if (batch) {
@@ -290,6 +299,7 @@ NdbConnection::execute(ExecType aTypeOfExec,
           tExecType = NoCommit;
           break;
         }
+      }
       tPrepOp = tPrepOp->next();
     }
     // save rest of prepared ops if batch
@@ -304,27 +314,31 @@ NdbConnection::execute(ExecType aTypeOfExec,
     if (tExecType == Commit) {
       NdbOperation* tOp = theCompletedFirstOp;
       while (tOp != NULL) {
+        if (tOp->theError.code == 0) {
           NdbBlob* tBlob = tOp->theBlobList;
           while (tBlob != NULL) {
             if (tBlob->preCommit() == -1)
-            return -1;
+              ret = -1;
             tBlob = tBlob->theNext;
           }
+        }
         tOp = tOp->next();
       }
     }
     if (executeNoBlobs(tExecType, abortOption, forceSend) == -1)
-        return -1;
+        ret = -1;
     {
       NdbOperation* tOp = theCompletedFirstOp;
       while (tOp != NULL) {
+        if (tOp->theError.code == 0) {
           NdbBlob* tBlob = tOp->theBlobList;
           while (tBlob != NULL) {
             // may add new operations if batch
             if (tBlob->postExecute(tExecType) == -1)
-            return -1;
+              ret = -1;
             tBlob = tBlob->theNext;
           }
+        }
         tOp = tOp->next();
       }
     }
@@ -338,7 +352,7 @@ NdbConnection::execute(ExecType aTypeOfExec,
     }
   } while (theFirstOpInList != NULL || tExecType != aTypeOfExec);
 
-  return 0;
+  return ret;
 }
 
 int 
@@ -397,6 +411,7 @@ NdbConnection::executeNoBlobs(ExecType aTypeOfExec,
       break;
     }
   }
+  thePendingBlobOps = 0;
   return 0;
 }//NdbConnection::execute()
 

ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbDictionary.cpp

@@ -806,73 +806,90 @@ NdbDictionary::Dictionary::getNdbError() const {
   return m_impl.getNdbError();
 }
 
-NdbOut& operator <<(NdbOut& ndbout, const NdbDictionary::Column::Type type)
+// printers
+
+NdbOut&
+operator<<(NdbOut& out, const NdbDictionary::Column& col)
 {
-  switch(type){
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Bigunsigned:
-    ndbout << "Bigunsigned";
+  out << col.getName() << " ";
+  switch (col.getType()) {
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Tinyint:
+    out << "Tinyint";
     break;
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Unsigned:
-    ndbout << "Unsigned";
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Tinyunsigned:
+    out << "Tinyunsigned";
+    break;
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Smallint:
+    out << "Smallint";
     break;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Smallunsigned:
-    ndbout << "Smallunsigned";
+    out << "Smallunsigned";
     break;
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Tinyunsigned:
-    ndbout << "Tinyunsigned";
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Mediumint:
+    out << "Mediumint";
     break;
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Bigint:
-    ndbout << "Bigint";
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Mediumunsigned:
+    out << "Mediumunsigned";
     break;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Int:
-    ndbout << "Int";
+    out << "Int";
     break;
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Smallint:
-    ndbout << "Smallint";
-    break;
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Tinyint:
-    ndbout << "Tinyint";
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Unsigned:
+    out << "Unsigned";
     break;
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Char:
-    ndbout << "Char";
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Bigint:
+    out << "Bigint";
     break;
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Varchar:
-    ndbout << "Varchar";
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Bigunsigned:
+    out << "Bigunsigned";
     break;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Float:
-    ndbout << "Float";
+    out << "Float";
     break;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Double:
-    ndbout << "Double";
+    out << "Double";
     break;
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Mediumint:
-    ndbout << "Mediumint";
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Decimal:
+    out << "Decimal(" << col.getScale() << "," << col.getPrecision() << ")";
     break;
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Mediumunsigned:
-    ndbout << "Mediumunsigend";
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Char:
+    out << "Char(" << col.getLength() << ")";
+    break;
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Varchar:
+    out << "Varchar(" << col.getLength() << ")";
     break;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Binary:
-    ndbout << "Binary";
+    out << "Binary(" << col.getLength() << ")";
     break;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Varbinary:
-    ndbout << "Varbinary";
+    out << "Varbinary(" << col.getLength() << ")";
     break;
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Decimal:
-    ndbout << "Decimal";
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Datetime:
+    out << "Datetime";
     break;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Timespec:
-    ndbout << "Timespec";
+    out << "Timespec";
     break;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Blob:
-    ndbout << "Blob";
+    out << "Blob(" << col.getInlineSize() << "," << col.getPartSize()
+        << ";" << col.getStripeSize() << ")";
+    break;
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Text:
+    out << "Text(" << col.getInlineSize() << "," << col.getPartSize()
+        << ";" << col.getStripeSize() << ")";
     break;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Undefined:
-    ndbout << "Undefined";
+    out << "Undefined";
     break;
   default:
-    ndbout << "Unknown type=" << (Uint32)type;
+    out << "Type" << (Uint32)col.getType();
     break;
   }
-
-  return ndbout;
+  if (col.getPrimaryKey())
+    out << " PRIMARY KEY";
+  else if (! col.getNullable())
+    out << " NOT NULL";
+  else
+    out << " NULL";
+  return out;
 }

ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbDictionaryImpl.cpp

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ NdbColumnImpl::equal(const NdbColumnImpl& col) const
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Timespec:
     break;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Blob:
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Clob:
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Text:
     if (m_precision != col.m_precision ||
         m_scale != col.m_scale ||
         m_length != col.m_length) {
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ columnTypeMapping[] = {
   { DictTabInfo::ExtDatetime,        NdbDictionary::Column::Datetime },
   { DictTabInfo::ExtTimespec,        NdbDictionary::Column::Timespec },
   { DictTabInfo::ExtBlob,            NdbDictionary::Column::Blob },
-  { DictTabInfo::ExtClob,            NdbDictionary::Column::Clob },
+  { DictTabInfo::ExtText,            NdbDictionary::Column::Text },
   { -1, -1 }
 };
 
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ NdbDictionaryImpl::createBlobTables(NdbTableImpl &t)
 {
   for (unsigned i = 0; i < t.m_columns.size(); i++) {
     NdbColumnImpl & c = *t.m_columns[i];
-    if (! c.getBlobType())
+    if (! c.getBlobType() || c.getPartSize() == 0)
       continue;
     NdbTableImpl bt;
     NdbBlob::getBlobTable(bt, &t, &c);
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ NdbDictionaryImpl::dropBlobTables(NdbTableImpl & t)
 {
   for (unsigned i = 0; i < t.m_columns.size(); i++) {
     NdbColumnImpl & c = *t.m_columns[i];
-    if (! c.getBlobType())
+    if (! c.getBlobType() || c.getPartSize() == 0)
       continue;
     char btname[NdbBlob::BlobTableNameSize];
     NdbBlob::getBlobTableName(btname, &t, &c);

ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbDictionaryImpl.hpp

@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ inline
 bool 
 NdbColumnImpl::getBlobType() const {
   return (m_type == NdbDictionary::Column::Blob ||
-	  m_type == NdbDictionary::Column::Clob);
+	  m_type == NdbDictionary::Column::Text);
 }
 
 inline

ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbRecAttr.cpp

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Adjust:  971206  UABRONM First version
 #include <ndb_global.h>
 #include <NdbOut.hpp>
 #include <NdbRecAttr.hpp>
+#include <NdbBlob.hpp>
 #include "NdbDictionaryImpl.hpp"
 #include <NdbTCP.h>
 
@@ -147,78 +148,100 @@ NdbRecAttr::receive_data(const Uint32 * data, Uint32 sz){
   return false;
 }
 
-NdbOut& operator<<(NdbOut& ndbout, const NdbRecAttr &r)
+NdbOut& operator<<(NdbOut& out, const NdbRecAttr &r)
 {
   if (r.isNULL())
   {
-    ndbout << "[NULL]";
-    return ndbout;
+    out << "[NULL]";
+    return out;
   }
 
   if (r.arraySize() > 1)
-    ndbout << "[";
+    out << "[";
 
   for (Uint32 j = 0; j < r.arraySize(); j++) 
   {
     if (j > 0)
-      ndbout << " ";
+      out << " ";
 
     switch(r.getType())
       {
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Bigunsigned:
-	ndbout << r.u_64_value();
+	out << r.u_64_value();
 	break;
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Unsigned:
-	ndbout << r.u_32_value();
+	out << r.u_32_value();
 	break;
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Smallunsigned:
-	ndbout << r.u_short_value();
+	out << r.u_short_value();
 	break;
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Tinyunsigned:
-	ndbout << (unsigned) r.u_char_value();
+	out << (unsigned) r.u_char_value();
 	break;
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Bigint:
-	ndbout << r.int64_value();
+	out << r.int64_value();
 	break;
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Int:
-	ndbout << r.int32_value();
+	out << r.int32_value();
 	break;
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Smallint:
-	ndbout << r.short_value();
+	out << r.short_value();
 	break;
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Tinyint:
-	ndbout << (int) r.char_value();
+	out << (int) r.char_value();
 	break;
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Char:
-	ndbout.print("%.*s", r.arraySize(), r.aRef());
+	out.print("%.*s", r.arraySize(), r.aRef());
 	j = r.arraySize();
 	break;
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Varchar:
 	{
 	  short len = ntohs(r.u_short_value());
-	  ndbout.print("%.*s", len, r.aRef()+2);
+	  out.print("%.*s", len, r.aRef()+2);
 	}
 	j = r.arraySize();
       break;
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Float:
-	ndbout << r.float_value();
+	out << r.float_value();
 	break;
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Double:
-	ndbout << r.double_value();
+	out << r.double_value();
+	break;
+      case NdbDictionary::Column::Blob:
+        {
+          const NdbBlob::Head* h = (const NdbBlob::Head*)r.aRef();
+          out << h->length << ":";
+          const unsigned char* p = (const unsigned char*)(h + 1);
+          unsigned n = r.arraySize() - sizeof(*h);
+          for (unsigned k = 0; k < n && k < h->length; k++)
+            out.print("%02X", (int)p[k]);
+          j = r.arraySize();
+        }
+        break;
+      case NdbDictionary::Column::Text:
+        {
+          const NdbBlob::Head* h = (const NdbBlob::Head*)r.aRef();
+          out << h->length << ":";
+          const unsigned char* p = (const unsigned char*)(h + 1);
+          unsigned n = r.arraySize() - sizeof(*h);
+          for (unsigned k = 0; k < n && k < h->length; k++)
+            out.print("%c", (int)p[k]);
+          j = r.arraySize();
+        }
         break;
       default: /* no print functions for the rest, just print type */
-	ndbout << r.getType();
+	out << r.getType();
 	j = r.arraySize();
 	if (j > 1)
-	  ndbout << " %u times" << j;
+	  out << " " << j << " times";
 	break;
       }
   }
 
   if (r.arraySize() > 1)
   {
-    ndbout << "]";
+    out << "]";
   }
 
-  return ndbout;
+  return out;
 }

ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbResultSet.cpp

@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ int NdbResultSet::nextResult(bool fetchAllowed)
         return -1;
       tBlob = tBlob->theNext;
     }
+    /*
+     * Flush blob part ops on behalf of user because
+     * - nextResult is analogous to execute(NoCommit)
+     * - user is likely to want blob value before next execute
+     */
+    if (m_operation->m_transConnection->executePendingBlobOps() == -1)
+      return -1;
     return 0;
   }
   return res;

ndb/test/include/NDBT_Table.hpp

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <NdbOut.hpp>
 
 class NDBT_Attribute : public NdbDictionary::Column {
-  friend class NdbOut& operator <<(class NdbOut&, const NDBT_Attribute &);
 public:
   NDBT_Attribute(const char* _name,
 		 Column::Type _type,

ndb/test/src/NDBT_Table.cpp

@@ -18,35 +18,6 @@
 #include <NdbTimer.hpp>
 #include <NDBT.hpp>
 
-class NdbOut& 
-operator <<(class NdbOut& ndbout, const NDBT_Attribute & attr){
-
-  NdbDictionary::Column::Type type = attr.getType();
-
-  ndbout << attr.getName() << " " << type;
-  
-  switch(type){
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Decimal:
-    ndbout << "(" << attr.getScale() << ", " << attr.getPrecision() << ")";
-    break;
-  default:
-    break;
-  }
-  
-  if(attr.getLength() != 1)
-    ndbout << "[" << attr.getLength() << "]";
-
-  if(attr.getNullable())
-    ndbout << " NULL";
-  else
-    ndbout << " NOT NULL";
-  
-  if(attr.getPrimaryKey())
-    ndbout << " PRIMARY KEY";
-  
-  return ndbout;
-}
-
 class NdbOut& 
 operator <<(class NdbOut& ndbout, const NDBT_Table & tab)
 {

ndb/test/src/NDBT_Test.cpp

@@ -830,7 +830,8 @@ void NDBT_TestSuite::execute(Ndb* ndb, const NdbDictionary::Table* pTab,
       if(pTab2 == 0 && pDict->createTable(* pTab) != 0){
 	numTestsFail++;
 	numTestsExecuted++;
-	g_err << "ERROR1: Failed to create table " << pTab->getName() << endl;
+	g_err << "ERROR1: Failed to create table " << pTab->getName()
+              << pDict->getNdbError() << endl;
 	tests[t]->saveTestResult(pTab, FAILED_TO_CREATE);
 	continue;
       }