See the issue reported in MDEV-6142.
modified:
  storage/connect/myconn.cpp
  storage/connect/myconn.h
  storage/connect/tabmysql.cpp
  storage/connect/tabmysql.h

  conversion from TEXT to VARCHAR  in PROXY and MYSQL tables.
modified:
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
  storage/connect/myconn.cpp
  storage/connect/myconn.h
  storage/connect/myutil.cpp
  storage/connect/tabmysql.cpp
  storage/connect/tabutil.cpp

- Add the xmap system variable addressing whether file mapping should be used
  to handle indexing.
modified:
  storage/connect/CMakeLists.txt
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
  storage/connect/xindex.cpp
  storage/connect/xindex.h

- Do take care of ~ in Linux version of _fullpath (not tested yet)
modified:
  storage/connect/osutil.c

  in this version. Sure enough, it never caused any improvement in
  the execution speed and rather caused a small increase of execution
  time. This is probably because values are sorted by rowid in each
  range of CONNECT indexes. This could be reconsidered if a customer
  have a need for processing very big files.

- Fix a bug in ha_connect::CheckCond. The negated form of BETWEEN and
  IS NULL operators was not recognized.
modified:
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc

- Add long jump initialization in CntReadNext. This was causing a server
  crash when an error occured in a ReadColumn.
modified:
  storage/connect/connect.cc

- General cleanup of CONNECT source code eliminating all code not used by
  CONNECT, including the MRR test code (saved separately).
modified:
  storage/connect/catalog.h
  storage/connect/colblk.cpp
  storage/connect/colblk.h
  storage/connect/connect.cc
  storage/connect/connect.h
  storage/connect/domdoc.h
  storage/connect/filamap.cpp
  storage/connect/filamap.h
  storage/connect/filamdbf.h
  storage/connect/filamfix.cpp
  storage/connect/filamfix.h
  storage/connect/filamtxt.cpp
  storage/connect/filamtxt.h
  storage/connect/filamvct.cpp
  storage/connect/filamvct.h
  storage/connect/filamzip.cpp
  storage/connect/filamzip.h
  storage/connect/global.h
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
  storage/connect/ha_connect.h
  storage/connect/myconn.h
  storage/connect/plgcnx.h
  storage/connect/plgdbsem.h
  storage/connect/plugutil.c
  storage/connect/preparse.h
  storage/connect/reldef.cpp
  storage/connect/reldef.h
  storage/connect/tabcol.h
  storage/connect/tabdos.cpp
  storage/connect/tabdos.h
  storage/connect/tabfix.cpp
  storage/connect/tabfmt.cpp
  storage/connect/tabfmt.h
  storage/connect/table.cpp
  storage/connect/tabmac.h
  storage/connect/tabmul.h
  storage/connect/tabmysql.cpp
  storage/connect/tabmysql.h
  storage/connect/taboccur.h
  storage/connect/tabodbc.cpp
  storage/connect/tabodbc.h
  storage/connect/tabsys.cpp
  storage/connect/tabsys.h
  storage/connect/tabtbl.cpp
  storage/connect/tabtbl.h
  storage/connect/tabutil.h
  storage/connect/tabvct.cpp
  storage/connect/tabvct.h
  storage/connect/tabwmi.cpp
  storage/connect/tabwmi.h
  storage/connect/tabxml.cpp
  storage/connect/tabxml.h
  storage/connect/user_connect.cc
  storage/connect/user_connect.h
  storage/connect/valblk.cpp
  storage/connect/valblk.h
  storage/connect/value.cpp
  storage/connect/value.h
  storage/connect/xindex.cpp
  storage/connect/xindex.h
  storage/connect/xobject.cpp
  storage/connect/xobject.h
  storage/connect/xtable.h

modified:
  storage/connect/filamtxt.h
  storage/connect/filamzip.h
  storage/connect/myconn.h
  storage/connect/plgdbsem.h
  storage/connect/taboccur.h
  storage/connect/tabutil.h
  storage/connect/tabxcl.h

- Add the possibility to execute several commands in one query of
  an EXECSRC tables (using ...where command in (cmd list);)

modified:
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
  storage/connect/odbconn.cpp
  storage/connect/odbconn.h
  storage/connect/tabmysql.cpp
  storage/connect/tabmysql.h
  storage/connect/tabodbc.cpp
  storage/connect/tabodbc.h
  storage/connect/tabtbl.cpp
  storage/connect/tabwmi.cpp
  storage/connect/xtable.h

- Enhance retrieving column definitions in discovery:
  From SRCDEF adding LIMIT 0 to the executed query
  Testing if type, length, and precision are compatible
  Making the distinction between CHAR and VARCHAR

modified:
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
  storage/connect/myconn.cpp
  storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/mysql.result
  storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/odbc_sqlite3.result
  storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/odbc_sqlite3_grant.result
  storage/connect/myutil.h
  storage/connect/myutil.h
  storage/connect/odbconn.cpp
  storage/connect/value.h

modified:
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
  storage/connect/myconn.h
  storage/connect/tabmysql.cpp
  storage/connect/tabmysql.h

  to OCCUR and PIVOT table types.

modified:
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
  storage/connect/myconn.cpp
  storage/connect/myconn.h
  storage/connect/plgdbsem.h
  storage/connect/plgdbutl.cpp
  storage/connect/taboccur.cpp
  storage/connect/taboccur.h
  storage/connect/tabpivot.cpp
  storage/connect/tabpivot.h

- Fix wrong definition of GetVlen for TYPE template

modified:
  storage/connect/valblk.h

  NOTE: Checking for looping references cannot be done when using views
  as parameters. This should not be allowed on production servers and
  should be dependant on a system variable and/or on speciel grant.

modified:
  storage/connect/CMakeLists.txt
  storage/connect/connect.cc
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
  storage/connect/myconn.cpp
  storage/connect/myconn.h
  storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/fmt.result
  storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/pivot.result
  storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/t/fmt.test
  storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/t/pivot.test
  storage/connect/plgdbsem.h
  storage/connect/plugutil.c
  storage/connect/tabcol.cpp
  storage/connect/tabcol.h
  storage/connect/tabfmt.cpp
  storage/connect/tabmysql.cpp
  storage/connect/tabmysql.h
  storage/connect/taboccur.cpp
  storage/connect/taboccur.h
  storage/connect/tabpivot.cpp
  storage/connect/tabpivot.h
  storage/connect/tabtbl.cpp
  storage/connect/tabutil.cpp
  storage/connect/tabutil.h
  storage/connect/xtable.h

  It is no more necessary to be liked to libmysql.lib nor mysqlclient.lib.

modified:
  storage/connect/libdoc.cpp
  storage/connect/myconn.cpp
  storage/connect/myconn.h
  storage/connect/tabmysql.cpp
  storage/connect/tabmysql.h

- Set parameters so libxml2 does not anymore add extra characters
  when retrieving several subnodes of a node.
- Make a CONNECT file header (was PlugDB)

modified:
  storage/connect/domdoc.cpp
  storage/connect/libdoc.cpp
  storage/connect/tabxml.cpp

- Change the version number

modified:
  storage/connect/ha_connect.cc

- Begin eliminate use of libmysql functions in MYSQL table type
  Not finished yet

modified:
  storage/connect/myconn.cpp
  storage/connect/myconn.h

Modified: ha_connect.cc (MakeRecord)

Moved PlgAllocResult to plgdbutl.cpp
Modified:
mycat.cpp
plgdbutl.cpp

Continuing implementing the "catalog" tables (ex "info").
Already existing were the ODBC data source table and the
WMI column info table.

The common way to handle them was modified to enable each
table types to send personalized data.

Now takes care of all existing catalog functions for table
types that can retrieve and use such information.

Modified:
ha_connect.cc
odbconn.cpp
tabodbc.h
tabodbc.cpp
tabfmt.h
tabfmt.cpp
tabmysql.h
tabmysql.cpp
tabwmi.h
tabwmi.cpp
myconn.h
myconn.cpp
filamdbf.cpp
plgdbsem.h
reldef.h
reldef.cpp
tabdos.h
tabdos.cpp
tabfix.h
xtable.h
table.cpp

included by the program using them.

Continuing implementing the "catalog" tables (ex "info").
Already existing were the ODBC data source table and the
WMI column info table.

A common way to handle them will permit to develop many
other such tables. Implemented:

The ODBC column catalog table.
The ODBC tables catalog table.
The ODBC drivers catalog table.

The INFO table option is replaced by the CATFUNC string option
whode first letter specifies the information to retrieve:
C: Columns (of a table)
T: Tables  (of a database)
S: Data sources
D: Drivers

Modified:
ha_connect.cc
odbconn.cpp
odbconn.h
tabodbc.h
tabodbc.cpp
rcmsg.c
tabfmt.h
tabmysql.cpp
tabwmi.cpp
tabwmi.h
resource.h
myconn.h
filamdbf.h
connect.cc
connect.h

Added:
myutil.h

- Fixing line endings from "\r\n" to "\n"