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Re: query result inconsistency between MariaDB 10.0.x and Oracle MySQL 5.1.x
This is actually a bug https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-5719.
Pavel
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Charles Cazabon
<charlesc-web-register-launchpad.net@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I recently upgraded the db server behind an application from MySQL 5.1.73 (as
> shipped in Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid") to MariaDB 10.0.11 (from the MariaDB repo).
>
> A colleague of mine found an inconsistency between the results produced by the
> two servers for a given query. What we don't know is, is this a bug (I gather
> Maria is aiming at 100% compatibility), or is this somehow due to the query
> relying on unspecified behaviour (that the two db servers are therefore free
> to optimize differently)?
>
> The query is:
>
> SELECT t1.id, t2.album_id
> FROM t1
> LEFT OUTER JOIN t2
> ON t1.data_id = t2.id
> AND t1.event_type IN (1002, 1001, 1000)
> WHERE
> t1.event_type IN (1000, 1001, 1002, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203)
> GROUP BY t1.id
> ORDER BY t1.id DESC
> LIMIT 0, 20;
>
> The MariaDB result looks like this:
>
> +-----+----------+
> | id | album_id |
> +-----+----------+
> | 623 | NULL |
> | 622 | NULL |
> | 621 | NULL |
> | 620 | NULL |
> | 619 | NULL |
> | 618 | NULL |
> | 617 | NULL |
> | 616 | NULL |
> | 615 | NULL |
> | 614 | NULL |
> | 613 | NULL |
> | 612 | 194 |
> | 611 | NULL |
> | 610 | NULL |
> | 609 | NULL |
> | 608 | 193 |
> | 607 | NULL |
> | 606 | NULL |
> | 605 | NULL |
> | 604 | NULL |
> +-----+----------+
>
> And the Oracle MySQL result looks like this:
>
> +-----+----------+
> | id | album_id |
> +-----+----------+
> | 623 | NULL |
> | 622 | NULL |
> | 621 | NULL |
> | 620 | NULL |
> | 619 | NULL |
> | 618 | NULL |
> | 617 | NULL |
> | 616 | 196 |<-- different
> | 615 | NULL |
> | 614 | NULL |
> | 613 | NULL |
> | 612 | 194 |
> | 611 | 194 |<-- different
> | 610 | NULL |
> | 609 | NULL |
> | 608 | 193 |
> | 607 | 193 |<-- different
> | 606 | NULL |
> | 605 | NULL |
> | 604 | NULL |
> +-----+----------+
>
> My colleague pointed out that if you EXPLAIN the queries, you can see that the
> two databases are interpreting the query differently -- see the "Extra"
> column. I can't paste the explain output here without using very long lines,
> so I've pastebinned it:
> http://pastebin.com/n2sbH0kY
>
> My colleague has made the data from these tables available here:
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7755033/fatdrop/test_case_data.sql
>
> We've found workarounds for this, but we're really wondering if we've found a
> problem (either in MariaDB-MySQL consistency, or in the query, or ... ?).
>
> Any assistance appreciated.
>
> Charles
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