cleanup: simplify multi-update's juggling with positions

introduce Item_temptable_rowid() that is used to store
table->file->position() in the temporary table record

sql/item_strfunc.cc

@@ -5204,3 +5204,23 @@ String *Item_func_dyncol_list::val_str(String *str)
     my_free(names);
   return NULL;
 }
+
+Item_temptable_rowid::Item_temptable_rowid(TABLE *table_arg)
+  : Item_str_func(table_arg->in_use), table(table_arg)
+{
+  max_length= table->file->ref_length;
+}
+
+void Item_temptable_rowid::fix_length_and_dec()
+{
+  used_tables_cache= table->map;
+  const_item_cache= false;
+}
+
+String *Item_temptable_rowid::val_str(String *str)
+{
+  if (!((null_value= table->null_row)))
+    table->file->position(table->record[0]);
+  str_value.set((char*)(table->file->ref), max_length, &my_charset_bin);
+  return &str_value;
+}

sql/item_strfunc.h

@@ -1751,5 +1751,24 @@ class Item_func_dyncol_list: public Item_str_func
   { return get_item_copy<Item_func_dyncol_list>(thd, this); }
 };
 
-#endif /* ITEM_STRFUNC_INCLUDED */
+/*
+  this is used by JOIN_TAB::keep_current_rowid
+  and stores handler::position().
+  It has nothing to do with _rowid pseudo-column, that the parser supports.
+*/
+class Item_temptable_rowid :public Item_str_func
+{
+public:
+  TABLE *table;
+  Item_temptable_rowid(TABLE *table_arg);
+  const Type_handler *type_handler() const { return &type_handler_string; }
+  Field *create_tmp_field(bool group, TABLE *table)
+  { return create_table_field_from_handler(table); }
+  String *val_str(String *str);
+  const char *func_name() const { return "<rowid>"; }
+  void fix_length_and_dec();
+  Item *get_copy(THD *thd)
+  { return get_item_copy<Item_temptable_rowid>(thd, this); }
+};
 
+#endif /* ITEM_STRFUNC_INCLUDED */

sql/sql_select.cc

@@ -23400,13 +23400,10 @@ get_sort_by_table(ORDER *a,ORDER *b, List<TABLE_LIST> &tables,
   calc how big buffer we need for comparing group entries.
 */
 
-static void
-calc_group_buffer(JOIN *join,ORDER *group)
+void calc_group_buffer(TMP_TABLE_PARAM *param, ORDER *group)
 {
   uint key_length=0, parts=0, null_parts=0;
 
-  if (group)
-    join->group= 1;
   for (; group ; group=group->next)
   {
     Item *group_item= *group->item;
@@ -23476,9 +23473,16 @@ calc_group_buffer(JOIN *join,ORDER *group)
     if (group_item->maybe_null)
       null_parts++;
   }
-  join->tmp_table_param.group_length=key_length+null_parts;
-  join->tmp_table_param.group_parts=parts;
-  join->tmp_table_param.group_null_parts=null_parts;
+  param->group_length= key_length + null_parts;
+  param->group_parts= parts;
+  param->group_null_parts= null_parts;
+}
+
+static void calc_group_buffer(JOIN *join, ORDER *group)
+{
+  if (group)
+    join->group= 1;
+  calc_group_buffer(&join->tmp_table_param, group);
 }
 
 

sql/sql_select.h

@@ -2382,6 +2382,7 @@ int append_possible_keys(MEM_ROOT *alloc, String_list &list, TABLE *table,
 #define RATIO_TO_PACK_ROWS	       2
 #define MIN_STRING_LENGTH_TO_PACK_ROWS   10
 
+void calc_group_buffer(TMP_TABLE_PARAM *param, ORDER *group);
 TABLE *create_tmp_table(THD *thd,TMP_TABLE_PARAM *param,List<Item> &fields,
 			ORDER *group, bool distinct, bool save_sum_fields,
 			ulonglong select_options, ha_rows rows_limit,

sql/sql_update.cc

@@ -2167,22 +2167,12 @@ multi_update::initialize_tables(JOIN *join)
       tbl->prepare_for_position();
       join->map2table[tbl->tablenr]->keep_current_rowid= true;
 
-      Field_string *field= new Field_string(tbl->file->ref_length, 0,
-                                            &field_name,
-                                            &my_charset_bin);
-      if (!field)
+      Item_temptable_rowid *item=
+        new (thd->mem_root) Item_temptable_rowid(tbl);
+      if (!item)
          DBUG_RETURN(1);
-      field->init(tbl);
-      /*
-        The field will be converted to varstring when creating tmp table if
-        table to be updated was created by mysql 4.1. Deny this.
-      */
-      field->can_alter_field_type= 0;
-      Item_field *ifield= new (thd->mem_root) Item_field(join->thd, (Field *) field);
-      if (!ifield)
-         DBUG_RETURN(1);
-      ifield->maybe_null= 0;
-      if (temp_fields.push_back(ifield, thd->mem_root))
+      item->fix_fields(thd, 0);
+      if (temp_fields.push_back(item, thd->mem_root))
         DBUG_RETURN(1);
     } while ((tbl= tbl_it++));
 
@@ -2193,10 +2183,10 @@ multi_update::initialize_tables(JOIN *join)
     group.direction= ORDER::ORDER_ASC;
     group.item= (Item**) temp_fields.head_ref();
 
-    tmp_param->quick_group=1;
-    tmp_param->field_count=temp_fields.elements;
-    tmp_param->group_parts=1;
-    tmp_param->group_length= table->file->ref_length;
+    tmp_param->quick_group= 1;
+    tmp_param->field_count= temp_fields.elements;
+    tmp_param->func_count=  temp_fields.elements - 1;
+    calc_group_buffer(tmp_param, &group);
     /* small table, ignore SQL_BIG_TABLES */
     my_bool save_big_tables= thd->variables.big_tables; 
     thd->variables.big_tables= FALSE;
@@ -2384,29 +2374,11 @@ int multi_update::send_data(List<Item> &not_used_values)
     {
       int error;
       TABLE *tmp_table= tmp_tables[offset];
-      /*
-       For updatable VIEW store rowid of the updated table and
-       rowids of tables used in the CHECK OPTION condition.
-      */
-      uint field_num= 0;
-      List_iterator_fast<TABLE> tbl_it(unupdated_check_opt_tables);
-      /* Set first tbl = table and then tbl to tables from tbl_it */
-      TABLE *tbl= table;
-      do
-      {
-        tbl->file->position(tbl->record[0]);
-        memcpy((char*) tmp_table->field[field_num]->ptr,
-               (char*) tbl->file->ref, tbl->file->ref_length);
-        /*
-         For outer joins a rowid field may have no NOT_NULL_FLAG,
-         so we have to reset NULL bit for this field.
-         (set_notnull() resets NULL bit only if available).
-        */
-        tmp_table->field[field_num]->set_notnull();
-        field_num++;
-      } while ((tbl= tbl_it++));
-
+      if (copy_funcs(tmp_table_param[offset].items_to_copy, thd))
+        DBUG_RETURN(1);
       /* Store regular updated fields in the row. */
+      DBUG_ASSERT(1 + unupdated_check_opt_tables.elements ==
+                  tmp_table_param[offset].func_count);
       fill_record(thd, tmp_table,
                   tmp_table->field + 1 + unupdated_check_opt_tables.elements,
                   *values_for_table[offset], TRUE, FALSE);