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[Hartmut Holzgraefe <hartmut@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08.05.2013 11:44, Sergei Golubchik wrote:

> I've quickly checked the code and couldn't find a way to create a table
> with the MYSQL_TYPE_DECIMAL column. There are even asserts in the code
> that show it's impossible.
> 
> So, I'm very interested to know how your customer managed to do it :)
> Please share it, if you'll find it out.

pre-5.0 tables can stay around with the older types as this case is not
detected or handled by mysql_upgrade, see:

  http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=57171

and also the related

  http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=57166
  http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=57426

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Hartmut Holzgraefe <hartmut@xxxxxxxxxx>
Principal Support Engineer (EMEA)
SkySQL AB - http://www.skysql.com/