Re: MS SQL to MySQL select

2008-06-16 Thread Martijn Tonies
Hey,

 In order for me to achive the goal of migrating a MS SQL based application
 to web based php / mysql I need to understand a little bit MS SQL syntax
and
 MySQL counterpart expression. If is not too much to ask one of you guys
 could translate this MS SQL select to MySQL? Here's the challenge:

Yes, that is too much. This is a very basic query, if you cannot translate
it yourself, I wish you good luck on your conversion project.

Is there anything -specific- that you want to have translated here?

Would it help if I said that this query prefixes each object with its owner
(dbo)
and for MySQL you should remove that?

eg:

create view equipos ...

select ... OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatCodigo
...
from `01 LOCALIZACIONES OBJETOSPATRIM` INNER JOIN
...

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - development tool for MySQL, and more!
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com
My thoughts:
http://blog.upscene.com/martijn/
Database development questions? Check the forum!
http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com

 CREATE VIEW dbo.equipos
 AS
 SELECT TOP 100 PERCENT dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatCodigo AS Expr1,
 dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatDenom AS Expr2,
   dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatEstadoTec AS Expr3,
 dbo.ESTRUCTURAPATRIMONIO.clsnodopatID,
   dbo.[01 LOCALIZACIONES OBJETOSPATRIM].Localizacion
 FROM dbo.[01 LOCALIZACIONES OBJETOSPATRIM] INNER JOIN
   dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO ON dbo.[01 LOCALIZACIONES
 OBJETOSPATRIM].objpatID = dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatID INNER JOIN
   dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMEQUIPOS ON
 dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatID = dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMEQUIPOS.equipID INNER
JOIN
   dbo.ESTRUCTURAPATRIMONIO ON
 dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatNodoEnlazID =
 dbo.ESTRUCTURAPATRIMONIO.nodopatrimID
 ORDER BY dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatCodigo


 Really appreciate your help! Thanks!


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Re: MS SQL to MySQL select

2008-06-16 Thread SenTnel

Thanks Martijn!

That I understood, sorry I wasn't clear enough, I was more confused about
the TOP 100 PERCENT and this was a bad example anyways, but after posting
I did some deeper research and found an excellent migration white paper
describing this type of expressions and mysql counterparts. Tomorrow I'll
post the url as I don't have it right now on my laptop, I saved the link on
my desktop. Anyways I thank you for your comments.

:handshake:


Martijn Tonies wrote:
 
 Hey,
 
 In order for me to achive the goal of migrating a MS SQL based
 application
 to web based php / mysql I need to understand a little bit MS SQL syntax
 and
 MySQL counterpart expression. If is not too much to ask one of you guys
 could translate this MS SQL select to MySQL? Here's the challenge:
 
 Yes, that is too much. This is a very basic query, if you cannot translate
 it yourself, I wish you good luck on your conversion project.
 
 Is there anything -specific- that you want to have translated here?
 
 Would it help if I said that this query prefixes each object with its
 owner
 (dbo)
 and for MySQL you should remove that?
 
 eg:
 
 create view equipos ...
 
 select ... OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatCodigo
 ...
 from `01 LOCALIZACIONES OBJETOSPATRIM` INNER JOIN
 ...
 
 Martijn Tonies
 Database Workbench - development tool for MySQL, and more!
 Upscene Productions
 http://www.upscene.com
 My thoughts:
 http://blog.upscene.com/martijn/
 Database development questions? Check the forum!
 http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com
 
 CREATE VIEW dbo.equipos
 AS
 SELECT TOP 100 PERCENT dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatCodigo AS Expr1,
 dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatDenom AS Expr2,
   dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatEstadoTec AS Expr3,
 dbo.ESTRUCTURAPATRIMONIO.clsnodopatID,
   dbo.[01 LOCALIZACIONES OBJETOSPATRIM].Localizacion
 FROM dbo.[01 LOCALIZACIONES OBJETOSPATRIM] INNER JOIN
   dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO ON dbo.[01 LOCALIZACIONES
 OBJETOSPATRIM].objpatID = dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatID INNER JOIN
   dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMEQUIPOS ON
 dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatID = dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMEQUIPOS.equipID INNER
 JOIN
   dbo.ESTRUCTURAPATRIMONIO ON
 dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatNodoEnlazID =
 dbo.ESTRUCTURAPATRIMONIO.nodopatrimID
 ORDER BY dbo.OBJETOSPATRIMONIO.objpatCodigo


 Really appreciate your help! Thanks!
 
 
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Re: Server Getting crashed, Any Help Comments?

2008-06-16 Thread Moon's Father
How large is your total memory?
There parameter seems too large.

On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 5:42 PM, VeeJay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hello

 I am running a Freebsd server:

 1. Software:
 Apache 1.3
 mysql 5.0.27
 php 4.4


 2. Hardware:
 2 intel procerssors
 4 gb ram
 RAID 10 with hard drives 15K rpm

 I am having this problem quite often now. Apache stops responding due to
 mysql (my guess). And I cannot connect to mysql server:

 /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
 error: 'Out of memory; check if mysqld or some other process uses all
 available memory; if not, you may have to use 'ulimit' to allow mysqld to
 use more memory or you can add more swap space'


 There is following configuration for mysql:

 # The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients
 [client]
 port= 3306
 socket  = /tmp/mysql.sock
 default-character-set=utf8

 # Here follows entries for some specific programs

 # The MySQL server
 [mysqld]
 port= 3306
 socket  = /tmp/mysql.sock
 skip-locking
 skip-networking
 skip-name-resolve

 server-id=1

 max_connections=1000
 key_buffer = 1024M
 max_allowed_packet = 16M
 table_cache = 512K
 sort_buffer_size = 4M
 net_buffer_length = 64K
 read_buffer_size = 4M
 read_rnd_buffer_size = 4M
 join_buffer_size=4M

 myisam_sort_buffer_size = 128M

 # increase until threads_created doesnt grow anymore
 thread_cache=512

 query_cache_type=1
 query_cache_limit=2M
 query_cache_size=64M

 # Try number of CPU's*2 for thread_concurrency
 thread_concurrency=4


 set-variable=local-infile=0
 init_connect='SET collation_connection = utf8_unicode_ci'
 init_connect='SET NAMES utf8'
 default-character-set=utf8
 character-set-server=utf8
 collation-server=utf8_unicode_ci
 ft_min_word_len=2
 ft_max_word_len=15

 log-bin=mysql-bin

 server-id   = 1

 [mysqldump]
 quick
 max_allowed_packet = 16M

 [mysql]
 no-auto-rehash
 default-character-set=utf8

 [isamchk]
 key_buffer = 256M
 sort_buffer_size = 256M
 read_buffer = 2M
 write_buffer = 2M

 [myisamchk]
 key_buffer = 256M
 sort_buffer_size = 256M
 read_buffer = 2M
 write_buffer = 2M

 [mysqlhotcopy]
 interactive-timeout

 ANY COMMENTS WILL BE WELCOMED, thanks!!!


 --
 Thanks!

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Re: Server Getting crashed, Any Help Comments?

2008-06-16 Thread Moon's Father
How large is your total memory?
There parameters' value seem too large.

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Moon's Father [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 How large is your total memory?
 There parameter seems too large.


 On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 5:42 PM, VeeJay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hello

 I am running a Freebsd server:

 1. Software:
 Apache 1.3
 mysql 5.0.27
 php 4.4


 2. Hardware:
 2 intel procerssors
 4 gb ram
 RAID 10 with hard drives 15K rpm

 I am having this problem quite often now. Apache stops responding due to
 mysql (my guess). And I cannot connect to mysql server:

 /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
 error: 'Out of memory; check if mysqld or some other process uses all
 available memory; if not, you may have to use 'ulimit' to allow mysqld to
 use more memory or you can add more swap space'


 There is following configuration for mysql:

 # The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients
 [client]
 port= 3306
 socket  = /tmp/mysql.sock
 default-character-set=utf8

 # Here follows entries for some specific programs

 # The MySQL server
 [mysqld]
 port= 3306
 socket  = /tmp/mysql.sock
 skip-locking
 skip-networking
 skip-name-resolve

 server-id=1

 max_connections=1000
 key_buffer = 1024M
 max_allowed_packet = 16M
 table_cache = 512K
 sort_buffer_size = 4M
 net_buffer_length = 64K
 read_buffer_size = 4M
 read_rnd_buffer_size = 4M
 join_buffer_size=4M

 myisam_sort_buffer_size = 128M

 # increase until threads_created doesnt grow anymore
 thread_cache=512

 query_cache_type=1
 query_cache_limit=2M
 query_cache_size=64M

 # Try number of CPU's*2 for thread_concurrency
 thread_concurrency=4


 set-variable=local-infile=0
 init_connect='SET collation_connection = utf8_unicode_ci'
 init_connect='SET NAMES utf8'
 default-character-set=utf8
 character-set-server=utf8
 collation-server=utf8_unicode_ci
 ft_min_word_len=2
 ft_max_word_len=15

 log-bin=mysql-bin

 server-id   = 1

 [mysqldump]
 quick
 max_allowed_packet = 16M

 [mysql]
 no-auto-rehash
 default-character-set=utf8

 [isamchk]
 key_buffer = 256M
 sort_buffer_size = 256M
 read_buffer = 2M
 write_buffer = 2M

 [myisamchk]
 key_buffer = 256M
 sort_buffer_size = 256M
 read_buffer = 2M
 write_buffer = 2M

 [mysqlhotcopy]
 interactive-timeout

 ANY COMMENTS WILL BE WELCOMED, thanks!!!


 --
 Thanks!

 BR / vj




 --
 I'm a MySQL DBA in china.
 More about me just visit here:
 http://yueliangdao0608.cublog.cn




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Re: enable and disable keys

2008-06-16 Thread Ananda Kumar
Hi Krishna,
Can u please give me example of csplit.

regards
anandkl


On 6/16/08, Krishna Chandra Prajapati [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 try csplit to break the files into small chunks

 On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Ananda Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 How do i split file during ENABLE KEYS


 On 6/13/08, Krishna Chandra Prajapati [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 increase bulk_insert_buffer_size and if possible split the bigger file
 into small chunks. It will help you.

 On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Ananda Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi All,
 We are doing load data into a table using LOAD DATA INFILE process.
 Below is
 the method we are following.

 1. create empty table with all the indexes.
 2. disable keys
 3. Load data using LOAD DATA INFILE, close to 99 Million records which
 takes
 around 3 hrs
 4 . Enable keys

 Table size is around 19.5 gb

 There is one primary key, 2 non unique indexes and one FULLTEXT INDEX.

 Enable kyes goes fine for couple of hrs with REPAIR BY TMP, but then
 switches to REPAIR BY KEYCACHE and writes a log in the error log
 file  Warning:
 Enabling keys got errno 28, retrying

 What could be the problem.

 System has 8 cpu and 16GB RAM

 I have set myisam_max_sort_file_size=98GB
 myisam_sort_buffer_size=750MB.

 /tmp folder has 16GB free space.

 please let me know, this problem is causing lot of dealy for other
 process
 to run.

 regards
 anandkl




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 MySQL DBA,
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 1-8-303/48/15, Sindhi Colony
 P.G.Road, Secunderabad.
 Pin Code: 53
 Office Number: 040-66489771
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Re: enable and disable keys

2008-06-16 Thread Krishna Chandra Prajapati
man csplit

try
csplit filename  10  {10}

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Ananda Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi Krishna,
 Can u please give me example of csplit.

 regards
 anandkl


 On 6/16/08, Krishna Chandra Prajapati [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 try csplit to break the files into small chunks

 On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Ananda Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 How do i split file during ENABLE KEYS


 On 6/13/08, Krishna Chandra Prajapati [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 increase bulk_insert_buffer_size and if possible split the bigger file
 into small chunks. It will help you.

 On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Ananda Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

 Hi All,
 We are doing load data into a table using LOAD DATA INFILE process.
 Below is
 the method we are following.

 1. create empty table with all the indexes.
 2. disable keys
 3. Load data using LOAD DATA INFILE, close to 99 Million records which
 takes
 around 3 hrs
 4 . Enable keys

 Table size is around 19.5 gb

 There is one primary key, 2 non unique indexes and one FULLTEXT INDEX.

 Enable kyes goes fine for couple of hrs with REPAIR BY TMP, but then
 switches to REPAIR BY KEYCACHE and writes a log in the error log
 file  Warning:
 Enabling keys got errno 28, retrying

 What could be the problem.

 System has 8 cpu and 16GB RAM

 I have set myisam_max_sort_file_size=98GB
 myisam_sort_buffer_size=750MB.

 /tmp folder has 16GB free space.

 please let me know, this problem is causing lot of dealy for other
 process
 to run.

 regards
 anandkl




 --
 Krishna Chandra Prajapati
 MySQL DBA,
 Ed Ventures e-Learning Pvt.Ltd.
 1-8-303/48/15, Sindhi Colony
 P.G.Road, Secunderabad.
 Pin Code: 53
 Office Number: 040-66489771
 Mob: 9912924044
 URL: ed-ventures-online.com
 Email-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]







 --
 Krishna Chandra Prajapati
 MySQL DBA,
 Ed Ventures e-Learning Pvt.Ltd.
 1-8-303/48/15, Sindhi Colony
 P.G.Road, Secunderabad.
 Pin Code: 53
 Office Number: 040-66489771
 Mob: 9912924044
 URL: ed-ventures-online.com
 Email-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]





-- 
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MySQL DBA,
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1-8-303/48/15, Sindhi Colony
P.G.Road, Secunderabad.
Pin Code: 53
Office Number: 040-66489771
Mob: 9912924044
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Re: Server Getting crashed, Any Help Comments?

2008-06-16 Thread Ananda Kumar
trying reducing session related parameters like
sort_buffer_size,read_buffer_size , read_rnd_buffer_size to 1MB


On 6/16/08, Moon's Father [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 How large is your total memory?
 There parameters' value seem too large.

 On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Moon's Father [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

  How large is your total memory?
  There parameter seems too large.
 
 
  On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 5:42 PM, VeeJay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  Hello
 
  I am running a Freebsd server:
 
  1. Software:
  Apache 1.3
  mysql 5.0.27
  php 4.4
 
 
  2. Hardware:
  2 intel procerssors
  4 gb ram
  RAID 10 with hard drives 15K rpm
 
  I am having this problem quite often now. Apache stops responding due to
  mysql (my guess). And I cannot connect to mysql server:
 
  /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
  error: 'Out of memory; check if mysqld or some other process uses all
  available memory; if not, you may have to use 'ulimit' to allow mysqld
 to
  use more memory or you can add more swap space'
 
 
  There is following configuration for mysql:
 
  # The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients
  [client]
  port= 3306
  socket  = /tmp/mysql.sock
  default-character-set=utf8
 
  # Here follows entries for some specific programs
 
  # The MySQL server
  [mysqld]
  port= 3306
  socket  = /tmp/mysql.sock
  skip-locking
  skip-networking
  skip-name-resolve
 
  server-id=1
 
  max_connections=1000
  key_buffer = 1024M
  max_allowed_packet = 16M
  table_cache = 512K
  sort_buffer_size = 4M
  net_buffer_length = 64K
  read_buffer_size = 4M
  read_rnd_buffer_size = 4M
  join_buffer_size=4M
 
  myisam_sort_buffer_size = 128M
 
  # increase until threads_created doesnt grow anymore
  thread_cache=512
 
  query_cache_type=1
  query_cache_limit=2M
  query_cache_size=64M
 
  # Try number of CPU's*2 for thread_concurrency
  thread_concurrency=4
 
 
  set-variable=local-infile=0
  init_connect='SET collation_connection = utf8_unicode_ci'
  init_connect='SET NAMES utf8'
  default-character-set=utf8
  character-set-server=utf8
  collation-server=utf8_unicode_ci
  ft_min_word_len=2
  ft_max_word_len=15
 
  log-bin=mysql-bin
 
  server-id   = 1
 
  [mysqldump]
  quick
  max_allowed_packet = 16M
 
  [mysql]
  no-auto-rehash
  default-character-set=utf8
 
  [isamchk]
  key_buffer = 256M
  sort_buffer_size = 256M
  read_buffer = 2M
  write_buffer = 2M
 
  [myisamchk]
  key_buffer = 256M
  sort_buffer_size = 256M
  read_buffer = 2M
  write_buffer = 2M
 
  [mysqlhotcopy]
  interactive-timeout
 
  ANY COMMENTS WILL BE WELCOMED, thanks!!!
 
 
  --
  Thanks!
 
  BR / vj
 
 
 
 
  --
  I'm a MySQL DBA in china.
  More about me just visit here:
  http://yueliangdao0608.cublog.cn




 --
 I'm a MySQL DBA in china.
 More about me just visit here:
 http://yueliangdao0608.cublog.cn



RE: RE: what is the proper way to store timezone information?

2008-06-16 Thread Boyd, Todd M.
 -Original Message-
 From: Per Jessen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 6:23 AM
 To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
 Subject: RE: what is the proper way to store timezone information?
 
 Boyd, Todd M. wrote:
 
 
  When recording this information, do I store the full name or just
  the 'time_zone_id' which is present in mysql.time_zone_name ?
 
  This is entirely a matter of choice. It's like asking if you should
  store formatting when you insert phone numbers into a database--is it
  easier for you to parse back if you do so? If yes, then store the
  formatting. If no/probably not/I don't need to parse it, then just
  store it without.
 
 My concern is whether the time_zone_id is a fixed reference of the
 timezone.  If the id might (for whatever reason) change in the future,
 I'd have to store the timezone name.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/time-zone-support.html

You can convert back and forth using the system's time zone table. Read the 
MySQL manual I've linked to above for more information. Apparently, you can 
even reference them by offset from UTC (i.e., -6:00 for US Central). The 
article warns against using the time zone's text description, but I saw nothing 
about dangers of offsets or time_zone_id.


Todd Boyd
Web Programmer




MySQL University session on June 19: Checking Performance with Kchachegrind

2008-06-16 Thread Stefan Hinz

Hi,

this Thursday, Stewart Smith will give a MySQL University session:

http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Checking_Performance_with_Kchachegrind 
(topic: Checking Performance with Kchachegrind)


Please register for this session by filling in your name on the session
Wiki page. Registering is not required but appreciated. That Wiki page
also contains a section to post questions. Please use it!

MySQL University sessions normally start at 13:00 UTC (summer) or 14:00
UTC (winter); see: http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_University for more
time zone information.

Those planning to attend a MySQL University session for the very first
time should probably read the instructions for attendees,
http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Instructions_for_Attendees.

Next MySQL University sessions before the summer semester break:

June 26, 2008: Patch Management With Quilt (Stewart Smith)
July  3, 2008: Advanced LUA Scripting (Giuseppe Maxia)

See http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_University#Upcoming_Sessions for
the complete list.

-Stefan
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MySQL 5.1.25-rc has been released

2008-06-16 Thread Timothy Smith
Dear MySQL users,

We are proud to present to you the MySQL Server 5.1.25-rc release,
a new release candidate version of the popular open source database.

Bear in mind that this is still a candidate release, and as with any
other pre-production release, caution should be taken when installing on
production level systems or systems with critical data. For production
level systems using 5.0, we would like to direct your attention to the
product description of MySQL Enterprise at:

  http://mysql.com/products/enterprise/

The MySQL 5.1.25-rc release is now available in source and binary form
for a number of platforms from our download pages at

  http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/

and mirror sites. Note that not all mirror sites may be up to date at
this point in time, so if you can't find this version on some mirror,
please try again later or choose another download site.

We welcome and appreciate your feedback, bug reports, bug fixes,
patches etc.:

  http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Contributing

The following section lists the changes from version to version in the
MySQL source code since the latest released version of MySQL 5.1, the
MySQL 5.1.24-rc release. It can also be viewed online at

  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-25.html

Sincerely,

Timothy Smith
The MySQL build team at Sun Microsystems




News from the ChangeLog:

  Functionality added or changed:
* Incompatible Change: A change has been made to the way that
  the server handles prepared statements. This affects prepared
  statements processed at the SQL level (using the PREPARE
  statement) and those processed using the binary client-server
  protocol (using the mysql_stmt_prepare() C API function).
  Previously, changes to metadata of tables or views referred to
  in a prepared statement could cause a server crash when the
  statement was next executed, or perhaps an error at execute
  time with a crash occurring later. For example, this could
  happen after dropping a table and recreating it with a
  different definition.
  Now metadata changes to tables or views referred to by
  prepared statements are detected and cause automatic
  repreparation of the statement when it is next executed.
  Metadata changes occur for DDL statements such as those that
  create, drop, alter, rename, or truncate tables, or that
  analyze, optimize, or repair tables. Repreparation also occurs
  after referenced tables or views are flushed from the table
  definition cache, either implicitly to make room for new
  entries in the cache, or explicitly due to FLUSH TABLES.
  Repreparation is automatic, but to the extent that it occurs,
  performance of prepared statements is diminished.
  Table content changes (for example, with INSERT or UPDATE) do
  not cause repreparation, nor do SELECT statements.
  An incompatibility with previous versions of MySQL is that a
  prepared statement may now return a different set of columns
  or different column types from one execution to the next. For
  example, if the prepared statement is SELECT * FROM t1,
  altering t1 to contain a different number of columns causes
  the next execution to return a number of columns different
  from the previous execution.
  Older versions of the client library cannot handle this change
  in behavior. For applications that use prepared statements
  with the new server, an upgrade to the new client library is
  strongly recommended.
  Along with this change to statement repreparation, the default
  value of the table_definition_cache system variable has been
  increased from 128 to 256. The purpose of this increase is to
  lessen the chance that prepared statements will need
  repreparation due to referred-to tables/views having been
  flushed from the cache to make room for new entries.
  A new status variable, Com_stmt_reprepare, has been introduced
  to track the number of repreparations.
  (Bug#27420: http://bugs.mysql.com/27420,
  Bug#27430: http://bugs.mysql.com/27430,
  Bug#27690: http://bugs.mysql.com/27690)
* Important Change: Some changes were made to CHECK TABLE ...
  FOR UPGRADE and REPAIR TABLE with respect to detection and
  handling of tables with incompatible .frm files (files created
  with a different version of the MySQL server). These changes
  also affect mysqlcheck because that program uses CHECK TABLE
  and REPAIR table, and thus also mysql_upgrade because that
  program invokes mysqlcheck.
 + If your table was created by a different version of the
   MySQL server than the one you are currently running,
   CHECK TABLE ... FOR UPGRADE indicates that the table has
   an .frm file with an incompatible version. In this case,
   the result set