This is the same patch as 1.1937, with small variable declaration changes, memory

deallocation cleanup

mysql-test/include/federated.inc

+--source ./include/have_federated_db.inc
+
+source ./include/master-slave.inc;
+
+# remote table creation
+
+connection slave;
+--replicate-ignore-db=federated
+stop slave;
+
+--disable_warnings
+# at this point, we are connected to master
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
+--enable_warnings
+CREATE DATABASE federated;
+
+connection master;
+--disable_warnings
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
+--enable_warnings
+CREATE DATABASE federated;

mysql-test/include/federated_cleanup.inc

+connection master;
+--disable_warnings
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
+--enable_warnings
+
+connection slave;
+--disable_warnings
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
+--enable_warnings

sql/ha_federated.h

@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <mysql.h>
-//#include <client.h>
+
+#define FEDERATED_QUERY_BUFFER_SIZE STRING_BUFFER_USUAL_SIZE * 5
+#define FEDERATED_RECORDS_IN_RANGE 2
 
 /*
   FEDERATED_SHARE is a structure that will be shared amoung all open handlers
   The example implements the minimum of what you will probably need.
 */
 typedef struct st_federated_share {
-  char *table_name;
-  char *table_base_name;
-  /* 
+  /*
     the primary select query to be used in rnd_init
   */
   char *select_query;
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ typedef struct st_federated_share {
   char *username;
   char *password;
   char *database;
+  char *table_name;
   char *table;
   char *socket;
   char *sport;
-  int port;
-  uint table_name_length,table_base_name_length,use_count;
+  ushort port;
+  uint table_name_length,use_count;
   pthread_mutex_t mutex;
   THR_LOCK lock;
 } FEDERATED_SHARE;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ class ha_federated: public handler
 {
   THR_LOCK_DATA lock;      /* MySQL lock */
   FEDERATED_SHARE *share;    /* Shared lock info */
-  MYSQL *mysql;
+  MYSQL *mysql; /* MySQL connection */
   MYSQL_RES *result;
   bool scan_flag;
   uint ref_length;
@@ -77,11 +78,13 @@ class ha_federated: public handler
   */
   uint convert_row_to_internal_format(byte *buf, MYSQL_ROW row);
   bool create_where_from_key(String *to, KEY *key_info, 
-                             const byte *key, uint key_length); 
+                             const key_range *start_key,
+                             const key_range *end_key,
+                             bool records_in_range);
 
 public:
   ha_federated(TABLE *table): handler(table),
-    mysql(0), result(0), scan_flag(0), 
+    mysql(0), result(0), scan_flag(0),
     ref_length(sizeof(MYSQL_ROW_OFFSET)), current_position(0)
   {
   }
@@ -94,20 +97,20 @@ class ha_federated: public handler
     The name of the index type that will be used for display
     don't implement this method unless you really have indexes
    */
+  // perhaps get index type
   const char *index_type(uint inx) { return "REMOTE"; }
   const char **bas_ext() const;
   /*
     This is a list of flags that says what the storage engine
     implements. The current table flags are documented in
     handler.h
-    Serg: Double check these (Brian)
-    // FIX add blob support
   */
   ulong table_flags() const
   {
-    return (HA_TABLE_SCAN_ON_INDEX | HA_NOT_EXACT_COUNT |
-            HA_PRIMARY_KEY_IN_READ_INDEX | HA_FILE_BASED |
-            HA_AUTO_PART_KEY | HA_CAN_INDEX_BLOBS);
+    /* fix server to be able to get remote server table flags */
+    return (HA_NOT_EXACT_COUNT |
+            HA_PRIMARY_KEY_IN_READ_INDEX | HA_FILE_BASED | HA_REC_NOT_IN_SEQ |
+            HA_AUTO_PART_KEY | HA_CAN_INDEX_BLOBS| HA_NO_PREFIX_CHAR_KEYS);
   }
   /*
     This is a bitmap of flags that says how the storage engine
@@ -119,29 +122,40 @@ class ha_federated: public handler
     If all_parts it's set, MySQL want to know the flags for the combined
     index up to and including 'part'.
   */
+    /* fix server to be able to get remote server index flags */
   ulong index_flags(uint inx, uint part, bool all_parts) const
   {
-    return (HA_READ_NEXT);
-    // return (HA_READ_NEXT | HA_ONLY_WHOLE_INDEX);
+    return (HA_READ_NEXT | HA_READ_RANGE | HA_READ_AFTER_KEY);
   }
   uint max_supported_record_length() const { return HA_MAX_REC_LENGTH; }
   uint max_supported_keys()          const { return MAX_KEY; }
-  uint max_supported_key_parts()     const { return 1024; }
-  uint max_supported_key_length()    const { return 1024; }
+  uint max_supported_key_parts()     const { return MAX_REF_PARTS; }
+  uint max_supported_key_length()    const { return MAX_KEY_LENGTH; }
   /*
     Called in test_quick_select to determine if indexes should be used.
+    Normally, we need to know number of blocks . For federated we need to
+    know number of blocks on remote side, and number of packets and blocks
+    on the network side (?)
+    Talk to Kostja about this - how to get the
+    number of rows * ...
+    disk scan time on other side (block size, size of the row) + network time ...
+    The reason for "records * 1000" is that such a large number forces 
+    this to use indexes "
   */
-  virtual double scan_time()
+  double scan_time()
   {
-    DBUG_PRINT("ha_federated::scan_time",
-               ("rows %d", records)); return (double)(records*2); 
+    DBUG_PRINT("info",
+               ("records %d", records)); return (double)(records*1000); 
   }
   /*
     The next method will never be called if you do not implement indexes.
   */
-  virtual double read_time(uint index, uint ranges, ha_rows rows) 
-  { return (double) rows /  20.0+1; }
+  double read_time(uint index, uint ranges, ha_rows rows) 
+  {
+    return (double) rows /  20.0+1;
+  }
 
+  const key_map *keys_to_use_for_scanning() { return &key_map_full; }
   /*
     Everything below are methods that we implment in ha_federated.cc.
 
@@ -151,16 +165,20 @@ class ha_federated: public handler
   int open(const char *name, int mode, uint test_if_locked);    // required
   int close(void);                                              // required
 
-  int write_row(byte * buf);
-  int update_row(const byte * old_data, byte * new_data);
-  int delete_row(const byte * buf);
+  int write_row(byte *buf);
+  int update_row(const byte *old_data, byte *new_data);
+  int delete_row(const byte *buf);
   int index_init(uint keynr);
-  int index_read(byte * buf, const byte * key,
+  int index_read(byte *buf, const byte *key,
                  uint key_len, enum ha_rkey_function find_flag);
-  int index_read_idx(byte * buf, uint idx, const byte * key,
+  int index_read_idx(byte *buf, uint idx, const byte *key,
                      uint key_len, enum ha_rkey_function find_flag);
-  int index_next(byte * buf);
+  int index_next(byte *buf);
   int index_end();
+  int read_range_first(const key_range *start_key,
+                               const key_range *end_key,
+                               bool eq_range, bool sorted);
+  int read_range_next();
   /*
     unlike index_init(), rnd_init() can be called two times
     without rnd_end() in between (it only makes sense if scan=1).
@@ -172,13 +190,15 @@ class ha_federated: public handler
   int rnd_init(bool scan);                                      //required
   int rnd_end();
   int rnd_next(byte *buf);                                      //required
-  int rnd_pos(byte * buf, byte *pos);                           //required
+  int rnd_pos(byte *buf, byte *pos);                           //required
   void position(const byte *record);                            //required
   void info(uint);                                              //required
 
   int delete_all_rows(void);
   int create(const char *name, TABLE *form,
              HA_CREATE_INFO *create_info);                      //required
+  ha_rows records_in_range(uint inx, key_range *start_key,
+                                   key_range *end_key);
 
   THR_LOCK_DATA **store_lock(THD *thd, THR_LOCK_DATA **to,
                              enum thr_lock_type lock_type);     //required

sql/share/errmsg.txt

@@ -5370,3 +5370,15 @@ ER_SCALE_BIGGER_THAN_PRECISION 42000 S1009
         eng "Scale may not be larger than the precision (column '%-.64s')."
 ER_WRONG_LOCK_OF_SYSTEM_TABLE
         eng "You can't combine write-locking of system '%-.64s.%-.64s' table with other tables"
+ER_CONNECT_TO_FOREIGN_DATA_SRC
+        eng "Unable to connect to foreign data source - database '%s'!"
+ER_QUERY_ON_FOREIGN_DATA_SRC
+        eng "There was a problem processing the query on the foreign data source. Data source error: '%-.64s'"
+ER_FOREIGN_DATA_SRC_DOESNT_EXIST
+        eng "The foreign data source you are trying to reference does not exist. Data source error : '%-.64s'"
+ER_FOREIGN_DATA_STRING_INVALID_CANT_CREATE
+        eng "Can't create federated table. The data source connection string '%-.64s' is not in the correct format"
+ER_FOREIGN_DATA_STRING_INVALID
+        eng "The data source connection string '%-.64s' is not in the correct format"
+ER_CANT_CREATE_FEDERATED_TABLE  
+	eng "Can't create federated table. Foreign data src error : '%-.64s'"