Merge rkalimullin@bk-internal.mysql.com:/home/bk/mysql-4.0

into gw.mysql.r18.ru:/usr/home/ram/work/4.0.b4898

mysql-test/r/grant.result

@@ -131,3 +131,21 @@ Wrong usage of DB GRANT and GLOBAL PRIVILEGES
 select 1;
 1
 1
+insert into mysql.user (host, user) values ('localhost', 'test11');
+insert into mysql.db (host, db, user, select_priv) values 
+('localhost', 'a%', 'test11', 'Y'), ('localhost', 'ab%', 'test11', 'Y');
+flush privileges;
+show grants for test11@localhost;
+Grants for test11@localhost
+GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'test11'@'localhost'
+GRANT SELECT ON `ab%`.* TO 'test11'@'localhost'
+GRANT SELECT ON `a%`.* TO 'test11'@'localhost'
+alter table mysql.db order by db desc;
+flush privileges;
+show grants for test11@localhost;
+Grants for test11@localhost
+GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'test11'@'localhost'
+GRANT SELECT ON `ab%`.* TO 'test11'@'localhost'
+GRANT SELECT ON `a%`.* TO 'test11'@'localhost'
+delete from mysql.user where user='test11';
+delete from mysql.db where user='test11';

mysql-test/t/grant.test

@@ -89,3 +89,18 @@ drop table t1;
 --error  1221
 GRANT FILE on mysqltest.*  to mysqltest_1@localhost;
 select 1;	-- To test that the previous command didn't cause problems
+
+
+#
+# Bug #4898: User privileges depending on ORDER BY Settings of table db
+#
+insert into mysql.user (host, user) values ('localhost', 'test11');
+insert into mysql.db (host, db, user, select_priv) values 
+('localhost', 'a%', 'test11', 'Y'), ('localhost', 'ab%', 'test11', 'Y');
+flush privileges;
+show grants for test11@localhost;
+alter table mysql.db order by db desc;
+flush privileges;
+show grants for test11@localhost;
+delete from mysql.user where user='test11';
+delete from mysql.db where user='test11';

sql/sql_acl.cc

@@ -460,22 +460,30 @@ static ulong get_sort(uint count,...)
   va_start(args,count);
   ulong sort=0;
 
+  /* Should not use this function with more than 4 arguments for compare. */
+  DBUG_ASSERT(count <= 4);
+
   while (count--)
   {
-    char *str=va_arg(args,char*);
-    uint chars=0,wild=0;
+    char *start, *str= va_arg(args,char*);
+    uint chars= 0;
+    uint wild_pos= 0;           /* first wildcard position */
 
-    if (str)
+    if (start= str)
     {
       for (; *str ; str++)
       {
 	if (*str == wild_many || *str == wild_one || *str == wild_prefix)
-	  wild++;
+        {
+          wild_pos= str - start + 1;
+          break;
+        }
 	else
 	  chars++;
       }
     }
-    sort= (sort << 8) + (wild ? 1 : chars ? 2 : 0);
+    sort= (sort << 8) + (wild_pos ? (wild_pos > 127 ? 127 : wild_pos) : 
+                                    (chars ? 128 : 0));
   }
   va_end(args);
   return sort;