Merge sanja.is.com.ua:/home/bell/mysql/bk/mysql-4.1

into sanja.is.com.ua:/home/bell/mysql/bk/work-4.1

scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh

@@ -635,6 +635,7 @@ sub copy_index
     my $to="$target/$file";
     my $buff;
     open(INPUT, "<$from") || die "Can't open file $from: $!\n";
+    binmode(INPUT, ":raw");
     my $length=read INPUT, $buff, 2048;
     die "Can't read index header from $from\n" if ($length < 1024);
     close INPUT;

sql/item_strfunc.h

@@ -359,9 +359,10 @@ class Item_func_database :public Item_str_func
 public:
   Item_func_database() { collation.set(system_charset_info,DERIVATION_IMPLICIT); }
   String *val_str(String *);
-  void fix_length_and_dec() 
-  { 
+  void fix_length_and_dec()
+  {
     max_length= MAX_FIELD_NAME * system_charset_info->mbmaxlen;
+    maybe_null=1;
   }
   const char *func_name() const { return "database"; }
 };