Merge 10.0-connect -> 10.0

storage/connect/colblk.h

 /*************** Colblk H Declares Source Code File (.H) ***************/
-/*  Name: COLBLK.H    Version 1.6                                      */
+/*  Name: COLBLK.H    Version 1.7                                      */
 /*                                                                     */
-/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          2005-2013    */
+/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          2005-2014    */
 /*                                                                     */
 /*  This file contains the COLBLK and derived classes declares.        */
 /***********************************************************************/
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class DllExport COLBLK : public XOBJECT {
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  Class SPCBLK: Base class for special column descriptors.           */
 /***********************************************************************/
-class SPCBLK : public COLBLK {
+class DllExport SPCBLK : public COLBLK {
  public:
   // Constructor
   SPCBLK(PCOLUMN cp);
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class SPCBLK : public COLBLK {
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  Class RIDBLK: ROWID special column descriptor.                     */
 /***********************************************************************/
-class RIDBLK : public SPCBLK {
+class DllExport RIDBLK : public SPCBLK {
  public:
   // Constructor
   RIDBLK(PCOLUMN cp, bool rnm);
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class RIDBLK : public SPCBLK {
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  Class FIDBLK: FILEID special column descriptor.                    */
 /***********************************************************************/
-class FIDBLK : public SPCBLK {
+class DllExport FIDBLK : public SPCBLK {
  public:
   // Constructor
   FIDBLK(PCOLUMN cp);
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class FIDBLK : public SPCBLK {
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  Class TIDBLK: TABID special column descriptor.                     */
 /***********************************************************************/
-class TIDBLK : public SPCBLK {
+class DllExport TIDBLK : public SPCBLK {
  public:
   // Constructor
   TIDBLK(PCOLUMN cp);
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class TIDBLK : public SPCBLK {
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  Class SIDBLK: SERVID special column descriptor.                    */
 /***********************************************************************/
-class SIDBLK : public SPCBLK {
+class DllExport SIDBLK : public SPCBLK {
  public:
   // Constructor
   SIDBLK(PCOLUMN cp);

storage/connect/connect.cc

@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ bool CntOpenTable(PGLOBAL g, PTDB tdbp, MODE mode, char *c1, char *c2,
   if (xtrace)
     printf("About to open the table: tdbp=%p\n", tdbp);
 
-  if (mode != MODE_ANY) {
+  if (mode != MODE_ANY && mode != MODE_ALTER) {
     if (tdbp->OpenDB(g)) {
       printf("%s\n", g->Message);
       return true;

storage/connect/filamtxt.cpp

@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ int DOSFAM::ReadBuffer(PGLOBAL g)
   if (!Stream)
     return RC_EF;
 
-  if (trace)
+  if (trace > 1)
     htrc("ReadBuffer: Tdbp=%p To_Line=%p Placed=%d\n",
                       Tdbp, Tdbp->To_Line, Placed); 
 
@@ -548,20 +548,20 @@ int DOSFAM::ReadBuffer(PGLOBAL g)
 
     CurBlk = (int)Rows++;
 
-     if (trace)
+     if (trace > 1)
       htrc("ReadBuffer: CurBlk=%d\n", CurBlk); 
 
   } else
     Placed = false;
 
-  if (trace)
+  if (trace > 1)
     htrc(" About to read: stream=%p To_Buf=%p Buflen=%d\n",
                           Stream, To_Buf, Buflen);
 
   if (fgets(To_Buf, Buflen, Stream)) {
     p = To_Buf + strlen(To_Buf) - 1;
 
-    if (trace)
+    if (trace > 1)
       htrc(" Read: To_Buf=%p p=%c\n", To_Buf, To_Buf, p);
 
 #if defined(UNIX)
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ int DOSFAM::ReadBuffer(PGLOBAL g)
     } else if (*p == '\n')
       *p = '\0';          // Eliminate ending new-line character
 
-    if (trace)
+    if (trace > 1)
       htrc(" To_Buf='%s'\n", To_Buf);
 
     strcpy(Tdbp->To_Line, To_Buf);
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ int DOSFAM::ReadBuffer(PGLOBAL g)
     rc = RC_FX;
   } // endif's fgets
 
-  if (trace)
+  if (trace > 1)
     htrc("ReadBuffer: rc=%d\n", rc);
 
   IsRead = true;

storage/connect/global.h

@@ -219,9 +219,10 @@ typedef struct _global {            /* Global structure                */
   uint      Sarea_Size;             /* Work area size                  */
   PACTIVITY Activityp, ActivityStart;
   char      Message[MAX_STR];
-  short     Trace;
   int       Createas;               /* To pass info to created table   */
   void     *Xchk;                   /* indexes in create/alter         */
+  short     Alchecked;              /* Checked for ALTER               */
+  short     Trace;
   int       jump_level;
   jmp_buf   jumper[MAX_JUMP + 2];
   } GLOBAL;

storage/connect/ha_connect.h

@@ -50,9 +50,20 @@ typedef struct _xinfo {
 
 class XCHK : public BLOCK {
 public:
-  XCHK(void) {oldsep= newsep= false; oldpix= newpix= NULL;}
+  XCHK(void) {oldsep= newsep= false; 
+              oldopn= newopn= NULL;
+              oldpix= newpix= NULL;}
+
+  inline char *SetName(PGLOBAL g, char *name) {
+    char *nm= NULL;
+    if (name) {nm= (char*)PlugSubAlloc(g, NULL, strlen(name) + 1);
+               strcpy(nm, name);}
+    return nm;}
+
   bool         oldsep;              // Sepindex before create/alter
   bool         newsep;              // Sepindex after create/alter
+  char        *oldopn;              // Optname before create/alter
+  char        *newopn;              // Optname after create/alter
   PIXDEF       oldpix;              // The indexes before create/alter
   PIXDEF       newpix;              // The indexes after create/alter
 }; // end of class XCHK
@@ -156,15 +167,20 @@ class ha_connect: public handler
   // CONNECT Implementation
   static   bool connect_init(void);
   static   bool connect_end(void);
+  TABTYPE  GetRealType(PTOS pos);
   char    *GetStringOption(char *opname, char *sdef= NULL);
   PTOS     GetTableOptionStruct(TABLE *table_arg);
   bool     GetBooleanOption(char *opname, bool bdef);
   bool     SetBooleanOption(char *opname, bool b);
   int      GetIntegerOption(char *opname);
   bool     SetIntegerOption(char *opname, int n);
+  bool     SameChar(TABLE *tab, char *opn);
+  bool     SameInt(TABLE *tab, char *opn);
+  bool     SameBool(TABLE *tab, char *opn);
+  bool     FileExists(const char *fn);
   PFOS     GetFieldOptionStruct(Field *fp);
   void    *GetColumnOption(PGLOBAL g, void *field, PCOLINFO pcf);
-  PIXDEF   GetIndexInfo(void);
+  PIXDEF   GetIndexInfo(TABLE_SHARE *s= NULL);
   const char *GetDBName(const char *name);
   const char *GetTableName(void);
 //int      GetColNameLen(Field *fp);
@@ -199,18 +215,19 @@ class ha_connect: public handler
    */
   const char **bas_ext() const;
 
+ /**
+    Check if a storage engine supports a particular alter table in-place
+    @note Called without holding thr_lock.c lock.
+ */
+ virtual enum_alter_inplace_result
+ check_if_supported_inplace_alter(TABLE *altered_table,
+                                  Alter_inplace_info *ha_alter_info);
+
   /** @brief
     This is a list of flags that indicate what functionality the storage engine
     implements. The current table flags are documented in handler.h
   */
-  ulonglong table_flags() const
-  {
-    return (HA_NO_TRANSACTIONS | HA_REC_NOT_IN_SEQ | HA_HAS_RECORDS |
-            HA_NO_AUTO_INCREMENT | HA_NO_PREFIX_CHAR_KEYS |
-            HA_NO_COPY_ON_ALTER | HA_CAN_VIRTUAL_COLUMNS |
-            HA_BINLOG_ROW_CAPABLE | HA_BINLOG_STMT_CAPABLE |
-            /*HA_NULL_IN_KEY |*/ HA_MUST_USE_TABLE_CONDITION_PUSHDOWN);
-  }
+  ulonglong table_flags() const;
 
   /** @brief
     This is a bitmap of flags that indicates how the storage engine
@@ -464,6 +481,7 @@ const char *GetValStr(OPVAL vop, bool neg);
   XINFO         xinfo;                // The table info structure
   bool          valid_info;           // True if xinfo is valid
   bool          stop;                 // Used when creating index
+  bool          alter;                // True when converting to other engine
   int           indexing;             // Type of indexing for CONNECT
   int           locked;               // Table lock
   THR_LOCK_DATA lock_data;

storage/connect/mycat.cc

@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ extern "C" HINSTANCE s_hModule;           // Saved module handle
 
 extern int xtrace;
 
+PQRYRES OEMColumns(PGLOBAL g, PTOS topt, char *tab, char *db, bool info);
+
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  Get a unique enum table type ID.                                   */
 /***********************************************************************/
@@ -259,6 +261,89 @@ uint GetFuncID(const char *func)
   return fnc;
   } // end of GetFuncID
 
+/***********************************************************************/
+/*  OEMColumn: Get table column info for an OEM table.                 */
+/***********************************************************************/
+PQRYRES OEMColumns(PGLOBAL g, PTOS topt, char *tab, char *db, bool info)
+  {
+  typedef PQRYRES (__stdcall *XCOLDEF) (PGLOBAL, void*, char*, char*, bool);
+  const char *module, *subtype;
+  char    c, getname[40] = "Col";
+#if defined(WIN32)
+  HANDLE  hdll;               /* Handle to the external DLL            */
+#else   // !WIN32
+  void   *hdll;               /* Handle for the loaded shared library  */
+#endif  // !WIN32
+  XCOLDEF coldef = NULL;
+  PQRYRES qrp = NULL;
+
+  module = topt->module;
+  subtype = topt->subtype;
+
+  if (!module || !subtype)
+    return NULL;
+
+  // The exported name is always in uppercase
+  for (int i = 0; ; i++) {
+    c = subtype[i];
+    getname[i + 3] = toupper(c);
+    if (!c) break;
+    } // endfor i
+
+#if defined(WIN32)
+  // Load the Dll implementing the table
+  if (!(hdll = LoadLibrary(module))) {
+    char  buf[256];
+    DWORD rc = GetLastError();
+
+    sprintf(g->Message, MSG(DLL_LOAD_ERROR), rc, module);
+    FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
+                  FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS, NULL, rc, 0,
+                  (LPTSTR)buf, sizeof(buf), NULL);
+    strcat(strcat(g->Message, ": "), buf);
+    return NULL;
+    } // endif hDll
+
+  // Get the function returning an instance of the external DEF class
+  if (!(coldef = (XCOLDEF)GetProcAddress((HINSTANCE)hdll, getname))) {
+    sprintf(g->Message, MSG(PROCADD_ERROR), GetLastError(), getname);
+    FreeLibrary((HMODULE)hdll);
+    return NULL;
+    } // endif coldef
+#else   // !WIN32
+  const char *error = NULL;
+
+  // Load the desired shared library
+  if (!(hdll = dlopen(module, RTLD_LAZY))) {
+    error = dlerror();
+    sprintf(g->Message, MSG(SHARED_LIB_ERR), module, SVP(error));
+    return NULL;
+    } // endif Hdll
+
+  // Get the function returning an instance of the external DEF class
+  if (!(coldef = (XCOLDEF)dlsym(hdll, getname))) {
+    error = dlerror();
+    sprintf(g->Message, MSG(GET_FUNC_ERR), getname, SVP(error));
+    dlclose(hdll);
+    return NULL;
+    } // endif coldef
+#endif  // !WIN32
+
+  // Just in case the external Get function does not set error messages
+  sprintf(g->Message, "Error getting column info from %s", subtype);
+
+  // Get the table column definition
+  qrp = coldef(g, topt, tab, db, info);
+
+#if defined(WIN32)
+  FreeLibrary((HMODULE)hdll);
+#else   // !WIN32
+  dlclose(hdll);
+#endif  // !WIN32
+
+  return qrp;
+  } // end of OEMColumns
+
 /* ------------------------- Class CATALOG --------------------------- */
 
 /***********************************************************************/

storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/bin.result

@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ dept INT(4) NOT NULL FIELD_FORMAT='S'
 INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (7777,'BILL','1973-06-30',4444,5555.555,777);
 ERROR HY000: Table 't1' is read only
 ALTER TABLE t1 READONLY=NO;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
@@ -71,8 +69,6 @@ fig	name	birth	id	salary	dept
 5555	RONALD	1980-02-26	3333	4444.44	555
 7777	BILL	1973-06-30	4444	5555.56	777
 ALTER TABLE t1 READONLY=YES;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (

storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/csv.result

@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ Archibald	2001-05-17	3
 Nabucho	2003-08-12	2
 RONALD	1980-02-26	4
 ALTER TABLE t1 READONLY=no;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
@@ -80,8 +78,6 @@ Nabucho	2003-08-12	2
 RONALD	1980-02-26	4
 BILL	1973-06-30	5
 ALTER TABLE t1 READONLY=1;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (

storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/dbf.result

@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ a
 10
 20
 ALTER TABLE t1 READONLY=Yes;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
@@ -85,8 +83,6 @@ ERROR HY000: Table 't1' is read only
 TRUNCATE TABLE t1;
 ERROR HY000: Table 't1' is read only
 ALTER TABLE t1 READONLY=NO;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
@@ -508,12 +504,12 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
 CREATE TABLE t1
 (
 a VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL
-) ENGINE=CONNECT TABLE_TYPE=DBF FILE_NAME='t1.dbf';
+) ENGINE=CONNECT TABLE_TYPE=DBF FILE_NAME='t1c.dbf';
 INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('10');
 SELECT * FROM t1;
 a
 10
-CALL dbf_header('MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.dbf');
+CALL dbf_header('MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1c.dbf');
 --------	--------
 FileSize	77
 DBF_Version	03
@@ -532,17 +528,15 @@ Dec	0
 Flags	00
 --------	--------
 ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
   `a` varchar(10) NOT NULL
-) ENGINE=CONNECT DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 `TABLE_TYPE`=DBF `FILE_NAME`='t1.dbf'
+) ENGINE=CONNECT DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 `TABLE_TYPE`=DBF `FILE_NAME`='t1c.dbf'
 SELECT * FROM t1;
 a
 10
-CALL dbf_header('MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.dbf');
+CALL dbf_header('MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1c.dbf');
 --------	--------
 FileSize	77
 DBF_Version	03
@@ -561,15 +555,17 @@ Dec	0
 Flags	00
 --------	--------
 ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a INT(10) NOT NULL;
+Warnings:
+Warning	1105	This is an outward table, table data were not modified.
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
   `a` int(10) NOT NULL
-) ENGINE=CONNECT DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 `TABLE_TYPE`=DBF `FILE_NAME`='t1.dbf'
+) ENGINE=CONNECT DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 `TABLE_TYPE`=DBF `FILE_NAME`='t1c.dbf'
 SELECT * FROM t1;
 a
 10
-CALL dbf_header('MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.dbf');
+CALL dbf_header('MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1c.dbf');
 --------	--------
 FileSize	77
 DBF_Version	03

storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/dir.result

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ boys	.txt	282
 boys2	.txt	282
 boyswin	.txt	288
 ALTER TABLE t1 OPTION_LIST='subdir=0';
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (

storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/fix.result

@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ SELECT * FROM t1;
 id
 10
 ALTER TABLE t1 READONLY=1;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
@@ -38,8 +36,6 @@ ERROR HY000: Table 't1' is read only
 TRUNCATE TABLE t1;
 ERROR HY000: Table 't1' is read only
 ALTER TABLE t1 READONLY=0;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (

storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/index.result

@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ SUM(brut)
 # Testing file mapping
 #
 ALTER TABLE t1 MAPPED=yes;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SELECT * FROM t1 LIMIT 10;
 matricule	nom	prenom	sexe	aanais	mmnais	ddentree	ddnom	brut	net	service	sitmat	formation
 5745	ESCOURCHE	BENEDICTE	2	1935	7	1962-12-01	1994-05-01	18345	14275.50	0	M	TECHN

storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/ini.result

@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ UK	10
 FR	20
 RU	30
 ALTER TABLE t1 READONLY=1;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
@@ -202,8 +200,6 @@ ERROR HY000: Table 't1' is read only
 TRUNCATE TABLE t1;
 ERROR HY000: Table 't1' is read only
 ALTER TABLE t1 READONLY=0;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (

storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/occur.result

@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ Kevin	8
 Lisbeth	2
 Mary	2
 ALTER TABLE xpet MODIFY number INT NOT NULL;
+Warnings:
+Warning	1105	This is an outward table, table data were not modified.
 SELECT * FROM xpet;
 name	race	number
 John	dog	2

storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/pivot.result

@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ Car  DOUBLE(8,2) FLAG=1,
 Food DOUBLE(8,2) FLAG=1)
 ENGINE=CONNECT TABLE_TYPE=PIVOT TABNAME=expenses;
 ALTER TABLE pivex OPTION_LIST='port=PORT';
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SELECT * FROM pivex;
 Who	Week	Beer	Car	Food
 Beth	3	16.00	0.00	0.00
@@ -61,6 +59,8 @@ Joe	5	14.00	0.00	12.00
 # Restricting the columns in a Pivot Table
 #
 ALTER TABLE pivex DROP COLUMN week;
+Warnings:
+Warning	1105	This is an outward table, table data were not modified.
 SELECT * FROM pivex;
 Who	Beer	Car	Food
 Beth	51.00	0.00	29.00
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ SRCDEF='select who, week, what, sum(amount) as amount from expenses where week i
 Warnings:
 Warning	1105	Cannot check looping reference
 ALTER TABLE pivex OPTION_LIST='PivotCol=what,FncCol=amount,port=PORT';
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SELECT * FROM pivex;
 Who	Week	Beer	Car	Food
 Beth	4	15.00	0.00	17.00
@@ -103,8 +101,6 @@ What CHAR(12) NOT NULL,
 `5` DOUBLE(8,2) FLAG=1)
 ENGINE=CONNECT TABLE_TYPE=PIVOT TABNAME=expenses;
 ALTER TABLE pivex OPTION_LIST='PivotCol=Week,port=PORT';
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SELECT * FROM pivex;
 Who	What	3	4	5
 Beth	Beer	16.00	15.00	20.00
@@ -130,8 +126,6 @@ SRCDEF='select who, what, case when week=3 then ''First'' when week=5 then ''Las
 Warnings:
 Warning	1105	Cannot check looping reference
 ALTER TABLE pivex OPTION_LIST='PivotCol=wk,FncCol=amnt,port=PORT';
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SELECT * FROM pivex;
 Who	What	First	Middle	Last
 Beth	Beer	104.96	98.40	131.20
@@ -202,8 +196,6 @@ ENGINE=CONNECT TABLE_TYPE=PIVOT TABNAME=pets OPTION_LIST='PivotCol=race,groupby=
 SELECT * FROM pivet;
 ERROR HY000: Got error 122 'Cannot find matching column' from CONNECT
 ALTER TABLE pivet OPTION_LIST='PivotCol=race,groupby=1,accept=1';
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SELECT * FROM pivet;
 name	dog	cat
 John	2	0

storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/vec.result

@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ t1vec	.blk	8
 # Testing READONLY
 #
 ALTER TABLE t1 READONLY=yes;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
@@ -111,8 +109,6 @@ ERROR HY000: Table 't1' is read only
 TRUNCATE TABLE t1;
 ERROR HY000: Table 't1' is read only
 ALTER TABLE t1 READONLY=no;
-Warnings:
-Warning	1105	The current version of CONNECT did not check what you changed in ALTER. Use at your own risk
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (

storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/xml.result

@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ DROP TABLE t1;
 SET @a=LOAD_FILE('MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.xml');
 SELECT CAST(@a AS CHAR CHARACTER SET latin1);
 CAST(@a AS CHAR CHARACTER SET latin1)	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- Created by CONNECT Version 1.01.0011 December 15, 2013 -->
+<!-- Created by CONNECT Version 1.02.0001 February 03, 2014 -->
 <t1>
 	<line>
 		<node>ÀÁÂÃ</node>

storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/t/dbf.test

@@ -442,30 +442,32 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
 --echo #
 --echo # Testing ALTER
 --echo #
+# Temporarily change the file name because ALTER that are not executed not in place
+# delete the data file when it has the same path/name than the default file name.
 CREATE TABLE t1
 (
   a VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL
-) ENGINE=CONNECT TABLE_TYPE=DBF FILE_NAME='t1.dbf';
+) ENGINE=CONNECT TABLE_TYPE=DBF FILE_NAME='t1c.dbf';
 INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('10');
 SELECT * FROM t1;
---chmod 0777 $MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.dbf
+--chmod 0777 $MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1c.dbf
 --vertical_results
 --replace_result $MYSQLD_DATADIR MYSQLD_DATADIR
-eval CALL dbf_header('$MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.dbf');
+eval CALL dbf_header('$MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1c.dbf');
 --horizontal_results
 ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL;
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 SELECT * FROM t1;
 --vertical_results
 --replace_result $MYSQLD_DATADIR MYSQLD_DATADIR
-eval CALL dbf_header('$MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.dbf');
+eval CALL dbf_header('$MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1c.dbf');
 --horizontal_results
 ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a INT(10) NOT NULL;
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
 SELECT * FROM t1;
 --vertical_results
 --replace_result $MYSQLD_DATADIR MYSQLD_DATADIR
-eval CALL dbf_header('$MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.dbf');
+eval CALL dbf_header('$MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1c.dbf');
 --horizontal_results
 
 # TODO: this does not work on Windows
@@ -478,7 +480,7 @@ eval CALL dbf_header('$MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.dbf');
 #eval CALL dbf_header('$MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.dbf');
 #--horizontal_results
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
---remove_file $MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.dbf
+--remove_file $MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1c.dbf
 
 
 --echo #

storage/connect/plgcnx.h

 /**************************************************************************/
 /*  PLGCNX.H                                                              */
-/*  Copyright to the author: Olivier Bertrand         2000-2012           */
+/*  Copyright to the author: Olivier Bertrand         2000-2014           */
 /*                                                                        */
 /*  This is the connection DLL's declares.                                */
 /**************************************************************************/
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ enum INFO {INDX_RC,                  /* Index of PlugDB return code field */
            INDX_SIZE,                /* Index of returned data size field */
            INDX_MAX};                /* Size of info array                */
 
+#ifdef NOT_USED
 /**************************************************************************/
 /*  Internal message types.                                               */
 /**************************************************************************/
@@ -97,9 +98,9 @@ enum VENDOR {VDR_UNKNOWN   = -2,     /* Not known or not connected        */
 /**************************************************************************/
 enum CKEYS {K_ProgMsg, K_Lang, K_ActiveDB, K_Cmax};
 enum LKEYS {K_NBcol, K_NBlin, K_CurPos, K_RC, K_Result, K_Elapsed,
-            K_Continued, K_Maxsize, K_Lmax, K_Maxcol,
+            K_Continued, K_Maxsize, K_Affrows, K_Lmax, K_Maxcol,
             K_Maxres, K_Maxlin, K_NBparm};
-enum NKEYS {K_Type, K_Length, K_Prec, K_DataLen, K_Nmax};
+enum NKEYS {K_Type, K_Length, K_Prec, K_DataLen, K_Unsigned, K_Nmax};
 
 /**************************************************************************/
 /*  Result description structures.                                        */
@@ -157,7 +158,6 @@ typedef struct _ResDesc {
 #define XTRN
 #endif
 
-#ifdef NOT_USED
 //#if !defined(NO_FUNC)
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ XTRN bool CNXFUNC(PLGGetCharValue)(CNXKEY, char *, int, int);
 XTRN bool CNXFUNC(PLGGetIntValue)(CNXKEY, int *, int);
 XTRN bool CNXFUNC(PLGGetColValue) (CNXKEY, int *, int, int);
 XTRN bool CNXFUNC(PLGGetMessage)  (CNXKEY, char *, int);
-XTRN bool CNXFUNC(PLGGetHeader)   (CNXKEY, char *, int, int);
+XTRN bool CNXFUNC(PLGGetHeader)   (CNXKEY, char *, int, int, int);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }

storage/connect/plgdbsem.h

 /************** PlgDBSem H Declares Source Code File (.H) **************/
-/*  Name: PLGDBSEM.H  Version 3.5                                      */
+/*  Name: PLGDBSEM.H  Version 3.6                                      */
 /*                                                                     */
-/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          1998-2012    */
+/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          1998-2014    */
 /*                                                                     */
 /*  This file contains the PlugDB++ application type definitions.      */
 /***********************************************************************/
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ enum MODE {MODE_ERROR   = -1,         /* Invalid mode                  */
            MODE_WRITE   = 20,         /* Input/Output mode             */
            MODE_UPDATE  = 30,         /* Input/Output mode             */
            MODE_INSERT  = 40,         /* Input/Output mode             */
-           MODE_DELETE  = 50};        /* Input/Output mode             */
+           MODE_DELETE  = 50,         /* Input/Output mode             */
+           MODE_ALTER   = 60};        /* alter mode                    */
 
 #if !defined(RC_OK_DEFINED)
 #define RC_OK_DEFINED
@@ -549,8 +550,6 @@ PPARM    Vcolist(PGLOBAL, PTDB, PSZ, bool);
 void     PlugPutOut(PGLOBAL, FILE *, short, void *, uint);
 void     PlugLineDB(PGLOBAL, PSZ, short, void *, uint);
 char    *PlgGetDataPath(PGLOBAL g);
-void    *PlgDBalloc(PGLOBAL, void *, MBLOCK&);
-void    *PlgDBrealloc(PGLOBAL, void *, MBLOCK&, size_t);
 void     AddPointer(PTABS, void *);
 PDTP     MakeDateFormat(PGLOBAL, PSZ, bool, bool, int);
 int      ExtractDate(char *, PDTP, int, int val[6]);
@@ -558,9 +557,10 @@ int      ExtractDate(char *, PDTP, int, int val[6]);
 /**************************************************************************/
 /*  Allocate the result structure that will contain result data.          */
 /**************************************************************************/
-PQRYRES PlgAllocResult(PGLOBAL g, int ncol, int maxres, int ids,
+DllExport PQRYRES PlgAllocResult(PGLOBAL g, int ncol, int maxres, int ids,
                                  int *buftyp, XFLD *fldtyp, 
-                       unsigned int *length, bool blank, bool nonull);
+                                 unsigned int *length, 
+                                 bool blank, bool nonull);
 
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  Exported utility routines.                                         */
@@ -576,12 +576,16 @@ DllExport PCATLG  PlgGetCatalog(PGLOBAL g, bool jump = true);
 DllExport bool    PlgSetXdbPath(PGLOBAL g, PSZ, PSZ, char *, int, char *, int);
 DllExport void    PlgDBfree(MBLOCK&);
 DllExport void   *PlgDBSubAlloc(PGLOBAL g, void *memp, size_t size);
+DllExport void   *PlgDBalloc(PGLOBAL, void *, MBLOCK&);
+DllExport void   *PlgDBrealloc(PGLOBAL, void *, MBLOCK&, size_t);
 //lExport PSZ     GetIniString(PGLOBAL, void *, LPCSTR, LPCSTR, LPCSTR, LPCSTR);
 //lExport int     GetIniSize(char *, char *, char *, char *);
 //lExport bool    WritePrivateProfileInt(LPCSTR, LPCSTR, int, LPCSTR);
 DllExport void    NewPointer(PTABS, void *, void *);
 DllExport char    *GetIni(int n= 0);
 DllExport void    SetTrc(void);
+DllExport char   *GetListOption(PGLOBAL, const char *, const char *, 
+                                         const char *def=NULL);
 
 #define MSGID_NONE                         0
 #define MSGID_CANNOT_OPEN                  1
@@ -597,4 +601,4 @@ int global_open(GLOBAL *g, int msgid, const char *filename, int flags, int mode)
 DllExport LPCSTR PlugSetPath(LPSTR to, LPCSTR name, LPCSTR dir);
 char *MakeEscape(PGLOBAL g, char* str, char q);
 
-bool PushWarning(PGLOBAL, PTDBASE, int level = 1);
+DllExport bool PushWarning(PGLOBAL, PTDBASE, int level = 1);

storage/connect/plgdbutl.cpp

 /********** PlgDBUtl Fpe C++ Program Source Code File (.CPP) ***********/
 /* PROGRAM NAME: PLGDBUTL                                              */
 /* -------------                                                       */
-/*  Version 3.8                                                        */
+/*  Version 3.9                                                        */
 /*                                                                     */
 /* COPYRIGHT:                                                          */
 /* ----------                                                          */
-/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          1998-2013    */
+/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          1998-2014    */
 /*                                                                     */
 /* WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES:                                             */
 /* -----------------------                                             */
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ bool  Initdone = false;
 bool  plugin = false;  // True when called by the XDB plugin handler 
 
 extern "C" {
+extern char  connectini[];
        char  plgxini[_MAX_PATH] = PLGXINI;
        char  plgini[_MAX_PATH] = PLGINI;
 #if defined(WIN32)
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ DllExport char *GetIni(int n)
 #if defined(XMSG)
     case 5: return msglang; break;
 #endif   // XMSG
+    case 6: return connectini; break;
 //  default: return plgini;
     } // endswitch GetIni
 
@@ -1329,7 +1331,7 @@ void *PlgDBalloc(PGLOBAL g, void *area, MBLOCK& mp)
   maxsub = (pph->FreeBlk < minsub) ? 0 : pph->FreeBlk - minsub;
   mp.Sub = mp.Size <= ((mp.Sub) ? maxsub : (maxsub >> 2));
 
-  if (trace)
+  if (trace > 1)
     htrc("PlgDBalloc: in %p size=%d used=%d free=%d sub=%d\n",
           arp, mp.Size, pph->To_Free, pph->FreeBlk, mp.Sub);
 
@@ -1372,7 +1374,7 @@ void *PlgDBrealloc(PGLOBAL g, void *area, MBLOCK& mp, size_t newsize)
 //  assert (mp.Memp != NULL);
 #endif
 
-  if (trace)
+  if (trace > 1)
     htrc("PlgDBrealloc: %p size=%d sub=%d\n", mp.Memp, mp.Size, mp.Sub);
 
   if (newsize == mp.Size)
@@ -1429,7 +1431,7 @@ void *PlgDBrealloc(PGLOBAL g, void *area, MBLOCK& mp, size_t newsize)
 /***********************************************************************/
 void PlgDBfree(MBLOCK& mp)
   {
-  if (trace)
+  if (trace > 1)
     htrc("PlgDBfree: %p sub=%d size=%d\n", mp.Memp, mp.Sub, mp.Size);
 
   if (!mp.Sub && mp.Memp)

storage/connect/plugutil.c

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ PGLOBAL PlugInit(LPCSTR Language, uint worksize)
     g->Sarea_Size = worksize;
     g->Trace = 0;
     g->Createas = 0;
+    g->Alchecked = 0;
     g->Activityp = g->ActivityStart = NULL;
     g->Xchk = NULL;
     strcpy(g->Message, "");

storage/connect/tabfix.cpp

@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ void BINCOL::ReadColumn(PGLOBAL g)
   int     rc;
   PTDBFIX tdbp = (PTDBFIX)To_Tdb;
 
-  if (trace)
+  if (trace > 1)
     htrc("BIN ReadColumn: col %s R%d coluse=%.4X status=%.4X buf_type=%d\n",
       Name, tdbp->GetTdb_No(), ColUse, Status, Buf_Type);
 

storage/connect/table.cpp

 /************** Table C++ Functions Source Code File (.CPP) ************/
-/*  Name: TABLE.CPP  Version 2.6                                       */
+/*  Name: TABLE.CPP  Version 2.7                                       */
 /*                                                                     */
-/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          1999-2013    */
+/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          1999-2014    */
 /*                                                                     */
 /*  This file contains the TBX, TDB and OPJOIN classes functions.      */
 /***********************************************************************/
@@ -262,6 +262,17 @@ PCATLG TDBASE::GetCat(void)
   return (To_Def) ? To_Def->GetCat() : NULL;
   }  // end of GetCat
 
+/***********************************************************************/
+/*  Return the pointer on the charset of this table.                   */
+/***********************************************************************/
+CHARSET_INFO *TDBASE::data_charset(void)
+  {
+  // If no DATA_CHARSET is specified, we assume that character
+  // set of the remote data is the same with CHARACTER SET 
+  // definition of the SQL column.
+  return m_data_charset ? m_data_charset : &my_charset_bin;
+  } // end of data_charset
+
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  Return the datapath of the DB this table belongs to.               */
 /***********************************************************************/

storage/connect/tabmysql.cpp

@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ void MYSQLCOL::ReadColumn(PGLOBAL g)
       tdbp->Fetched = TRUE;
 
   if ((buf = ((PTDBMY)To_Tdb)->Myc.GetCharField(Rank))) {
-    if (trace)
+    if (trace > 1)
       htrc("MySQL ReadColumn: name=%s buf=%s\n", Name, buf);
 
     // TODO: have a true way to differenciate temporal values

storage/connect/tabxml.cpp

 /************* Tabxml C++ Program Source Code File (.CPP) **************/
 /* PROGRAM NAME: TABXML                                                */
 /* -------------                                                       */
-/*  Version 2.6                                                        */
+/*  Version 2.7                                                        */
 /*                                                                     */
-/*  Author Olivier BERTRAND          2007 - 2013                       */
+/*  Author Olivier BERTRAND          2007 - 2014                       */
 /*                                                                     */
 /*  This program are the XML tables classes using MS-DOM or libxml2.   */
 /***********************************************************************/
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "xindex.h"
 #include "plgxml.h"
 #include "tabxml.h"
+#include "tabmul.h"
 
 extern "C" {
 extern char version[];
@@ -136,7 +137,8 @@ bool XMLDEF::DefineAM(PGLOBAL g, LPCSTR am, int poff)
     } // endswitch typname
 
   Tabname = Cat->GetStringCatInfo(g, "Name", Name);  // Deprecated
-  Tabname = Cat->GetStringCatInfo(g, "Table_name", Tabname);
+  Tabname = Cat->GetStringCatInfo(g, "Table_name", Tabname); // Deprecated
+  Tabname = Cat->GetStringCatInfo(g, "Tabname", Tabname);
   Rowname = Cat->GetStringCatInfo(g, "Rownode", defrow);
   Colname = Cat->GetStringCatInfo(g, "Colnode", defcol);
   Mulnode = Cat->GetStringCatInfo(g, "Mulnode", "");
@@ -177,7 +179,12 @@ bool XMLDEF::DefineAM(PGLOBAL g, LPCSTR am, int poff)
 /***********************************************************************/
 PTDB XMLDEF::GetTable(PGLOBAL g, MODE m)
   {
-  return new(g) TDBXML(this);
+  PTDBASE tdbp = new(g) TDBXML(this);
+
+  if (Multiple)
+    tdbp = new(g) TDBMUL(tdbp);
+
+  return tdbp;
   } // end of GetTable
 
 /***********************************************************************/
@@ -245,6 +252,7 @@ TDBXML::TDBXML(PXMLDEF tdp) : TDBASE(tdp)
   Void = false;
   Usedom = tdp->Usedom;
   Header = tdp->Header;
+  Multiple = tdp->Multiple;
   Nrow = -1;
   Irow = Header - 1;
   Nsub = 0;
@@ -287,6 +295,7 @@ TDBXML::TDBXML(PTDBXML tdbp) : TDBASE(tdbp)
   Void = tdbp->Void;
   Usedom = tdbp->Usedom;
   Header = tdbp->Header;
+  Multiple = tdbp->Multiple;
   Nrow = tdbp->Nrow;
   Irow = tdbp->Irow;
   Nsub = tdbp->Nsub;
@@ -578,7 +587,7 @@ bool TDBXML::Initialize(PGLOBAL g)
 #endif
   } // end of try-catches
 
-  if (Root && Columns && !Nodedone) {
+  if (Root && Columns && (Multiple || !Nodedone)) {
     // Allocate class nodes to avoid dynamic allocation
     for (colp = (PXMLCOL)Columns; colp; colp = (PXMLCOL)colp->GetNext())
       if (!colp->IsSpecial())            // Not a pseudo column
@@ -671,7 +680,10 @@ void TDBXML::SetNodeAttr(PGLOBAL g, char *attr, PXNODE node)
 int TDBXML::Cardinality(PGLOBAL g)
   {
   if (!g)
-    return (Xpand || Coltype == 2) ? 0 : 1;
+    return (Multiple || Xpand || Coltype == 2) ? 0 : 1;
+
+  if (Multiple)
+    return 10;
 
   if (Nrow < 0)
     if (Initialize(g))
@@ -685,8 +697,13 @@ int TDBXML::Cardinality(PGLOBAL g)
 /***********************************************************************/
 int TDBXML::GetMaxSize(PGLOBAL g)
   {
-  if (MaxSize < 0)
+  if (MaxSize < 0) {
+    if (!Multiple)
       MaxSize = Cardinality(g) * ((Xpand) ? Limit : 1);
+    else
+      MaxSize = 10;
+
+  } // endif MaxSize
 
   return MaxSize;
   } // end of GetMaxSize
@@ -952,6 +969,34 @@ void TDBXML::CloseDB(PGLOBAL g)
     Docp->CloseDoc(g, To_Xb);
     } // endif docp
 
+  if (Multiple) {
+    // Reset all constants to start a new parse
+    Docp = NULL;
+    Root = NULL;
+    Curp = NULL;
+    DBnode = NULL;
+    TabNode = NULL;
+    RowNode = NULL;
+    ColNode = NULL;
+    Nlist = NULL;
+    Clist = NULL;
+    To_Xb = NULL;
+    Colp = NULL;
+    Changed = false;
+    Checked = false;
+    NextSame = false;
+    NewRow = false;
+    Hasnod = false;
+    Write = false;
+//  Bufdone = false;
+    Nodedone = false;
+    Void = false;
+    Nrow = -1;
+    Irow = Header - 1;
+    Nsub = 0;
+    N = 0;
+    } // endif Multiple
+
   } // end of CloseDB
 
 // ------------------------ XMLCOL functions ----------------------------

storage/connect/tabxml.h

@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class DllExport TDBXML : public TDBASE {
   int     Coltype;                  // Default column type
   int     Limit;                    // Limit of multiple values
   int     Header;                   // n first rows are header rows
+  int     Multiple;                 // If multiple files
   int     Nrow;                     // The table cardinality
   int     Irow;                     // The current row index
   int     Nsub;                     // The current subrow index

storage/connect/user_connect.cc

@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ bool user_connect::CheckCleanup(void)
     PlugSubSet(g, g->Sarea, g->Sarea_Size);
     g->Xchk = NULL;
     g->Createas = 0;
+    g->Alchecked = 0;
     last_query_id= thdp->query_id;
 
     if (xtrace)

storage/connect/valblk.cpp

 /************ Valblk C++ Functions Source Code File (.CPP) *************/
-/*  Name: VALBLK.CPP  Version 2.0                                      */
+/*  Name: VALBLK.CPP  Version 2.1                                      */
 /*                                                                     */
-/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          2005-2013    */
+/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          2005-2014    */
 /*                                                                     */
 /*  This file contains the VALBLK and derived classes functions.       */
 /*  Second family is VALBLK, representing simple suballocated arrays   */
@@ -236,6 +236,23 @@ void TYPBLK<TYPE>::Init(PGLOBAL g, bool check)
   Global = g;
   } // end of Init
 
+/***********************************************************************/
+/*  TYPVAL GetCharString: get string representation of a typed value.  */
+/***********************************************************************/
+template <class TYPE>
+char *TYPBLK<TYPE>::GetCharString(char *p, int n)
+  {
+  sprintf(p, Fmt, Typp[n]);
+  return p;
+  } // end of GetCharString
+
+template <>
+char *TYPBLK<double>::GetCharString(char *p, int n)
+  {
+  sprintf(p, Fmt, Prec, Typp[n]);
+  return p;
+  } // end of GetCharString
+
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  Set one value in a block.                                          */
 /***********************************************************************/
@@ -677,6 +694,14 @@ double CHRBLK::GetFloatValue(int n)
   return atof((char *)GetValPtrEx(n));
   } // end of GetFloatValue
 
+/***********************************************************************/
+/*  STRING GetCharString: get string representation of a char value.   */
+/***********************************************************************/
+char *CHRBLK::GetCharString(char *p, int n)
+  {
+  return (char *)GetValPtrEx(n);
+  } // end of GetCharString
+
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  Set one value in a block.                                          */
 /***********************************************************************/
@@ -1185,6 +1210,22 @@ bool DATBLK::SetFormat(PGLOBAL g, PSZ fmt, int len, int year)
   return false;
   } // end of SetFormat
 
+/***********************************************************************/
+/*  DTVAL GetCharString: get string representation of a date value.    */
+/***********************************************************************/
+char *DATBLK::GetCharString(char *p, int n)
+  {
+  char *vp;
+
+  if (Dvalp) {
+    Dvalp->SetValue(Typp[n]);
+    vp = Dvalp->GetCharString(p);
+  } else
+    vp = TYPBLK<int>::GetCharString(p, n);
+
+  return vp;
+  } // end of GetCharString
+
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  Set one value in a block from a char string.                       */
 /***********************************************************************/

storage/connect/valblk.h

 /*************** Valblk H Declares Source Code File (.H) ***************/
-/*  Name: VALBLK.H    Version 2.0                                      */
+/*  Name: VALBLK.H    Version 2.1                                      */
 /*                                                                     */
-/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          2005-2013    */
+/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          2005-2014    */
 /*                                                                     */
 /*  This file contains the VALBLK and derived classes declares.        */
 /***********************************************************************/
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class VALBLK : public BLOCK {
   virtual longlong GetBigintValue(int n) = 0;
   virtual ulonglong GetUBigintValue(int n) = 0;
   virtual double GetFloatValue(int n) = 0;
+  virtual char  *GetCharString(char *p, int n) = 0;
   virtual void   ReAlloc(void *mp, int n) {Blkp = mp; Nval = n;}
   virtual void   Reset(int n) = 0;
   virtual bool   SetFormat(PGLOBAL g, PSZ fmt, int len, int year = 0);
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ class TYPBLK : public VALBLK {
   virtual longlong GetBigintValue(int n) {return (longlong)Typp[n];}
   virtual ulonglong GetUBigintValue(int n) {return (ulonglong)Typp[n];}
   virtual double GetFloatValue(int n) {return (double)Typp[n];}
+  virtual char  *GetCharString(char *p, int n);
   virtual void   Reset(int n) {Typp[n] = 0;}
 
   // Methods
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@ class CHRBLK : public VALBLK {
   virtual longlong GetBigintValue(int n);
   virtual ulonglong GetUBigintValue(int n);
   virtual double GetFloatValue(int n);
+  virtual char  *GetCharString(char *p, int n);
   virtual void   Reset(int n);
   virtual void   SetPrec(int p) {Ci = (p != 0);}
   virtual bool   IsCi(void) {return Ci;}
@@ -252,6 +255,7 @@ class STRBLK : public VALBLK {
   virtual longlong GetBigintValue(int n);
   virtual ulonglong GetUBigintValue(int n);
   virtual double GetFloatValue(int n) {return atof(Strp[n]);}
+  virtual char  *GetCharString(char *p, int n) {return Strp[n];}
   virtual void   Reset(int n) {Strp[n] = NULL;}
 
   // Methods
@@ -287,6 +291,7 @@ class DATBLK : public TYPBLK<int> {
 
   // Implementation
   virtual bool  SetFormat(PGLOBAL g, PSZ fmt, int len, int year = 0);
+  virtual char *GetCharString(char *p, int n);
 
   // Methods
   virtual void  SetValue(PSZ sp, int n);

storage/connect/value.cpp

 /************* Value C++ Functions Source Code File (.CPP) *************/
-/*  Name: VALUE.CPP  Version 2.3                                       */
+/*  Name: VALUE.CPP  Version 2.4                                       */
 /*                                                                     */
-/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          2001-2013    */
+/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          2001-2014    */
 /*                                                                     */
 /*  This file contains the VALUE and derived classes family functions. */
 /*  These classes contain values of different types. They are used so  */
@@ -1142,7 +1142,11 @@ void TYPVAL<PSZ>::SetValue_psz(PSZ s)
 void TYPVAL<PSZ>::SetValue_pvblk(PVBLK blk, int n)
   {
   // STRBLK's can return a NULL pointer
-  SetValue_psz(blk->GetCharValue(n));
+  PSZ vp = blk->GetCharString(Strp, n);
+
+  if (vp != Strp)
+    SetValue_psz(vp);
+
   } // end of SetValue_pvblk
 
 /***********************************************************************/

storage/connect/xtable.h

 /**************** Table H Declares Source Code File (.H) ***************/
-/*  Name: TABLE.H    Version 2.2                                       */
+/*  Name: TABLE.H    Version 2.3                                       */
 /*                                                                     */
-/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          1999-2012    */
+/*  (C) Copyright to the author Olivier BERTRAND          1999-2014    */
 /*                                                                     */
 /*  This file contains the TBX, OPJOIN and TDB class definitions.      */
 /***********************************************************************/
@@ -185,15 +185,7 @@ class DllExport TDBASE : public TDB {
   virtual bool   SetRecpos(PGLOBAL g, int recpos);
   virtual bool   IsReadOnly(void) {return Read_Only;}
   virtual bool   IsView(void) {return FALSE;}
-  virtual CHARSET_INFO *data_charset()
-  {
-    /*
-      If no DATA_CHARSET is specified, we assume that character
-      set of the remote data is the same with CHARACTER SET 
-      definition of the SQL column.
-    */
-    return m_data_charset ? m_data_charset : &my_charset_bin;
-  }
+  virtual CHARSET_INFO *data_charset(void);
   virtual int    GetProgMax(PGLOBAL g) {return GetMaxSize(g);}
   virtual int    GetProgCur(void) {return GetRecpos();}
   virtual PSZ    GetFile(PGLOBAL g) {return "Not a file";}
@@ -229,7 +221,7 @@ class DllExport TDBASE : public TDB {
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  The abstract base class declaration for the catalog tables.        */
 /***********************************************************************/
-class TDBCAT : public TDBASE {
+class DllExport TDBCAT : public TDBASE {
   friend class CATCOL;
  public:
   // Constructor
@@ -268,7 +260,7 @@ class TDBCAT : public TDBASE {
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  Class CATCOL: ODBC info column.                                    */
 /***********************************************************************/
-class CATCOL : public COLBLK {
+class DllExport CATCOL : public COLBLK {
   friend class TDBCAT;
  public:
   // Constructors