This feature adds the functionality of ignorability for indexes.
Indexes are not ignored be default.
To control index ignorability explicitly for a new index,
use IGNORE or NOT IGNORE as part of the index definition for
CREATE TABLE, CREATE INDEX, or ALTER TABLE.
Primary keys (explicit or implicit) cannot be made ignorable.
The table INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS get a new column named IGNORED that
would store whether an index needs to be ignored or not.
Auto-generate the allowed list of values for enum/set/flagset options
in --help output. But don't do that when the help text already has them.
Also, remove lists of values from help strings of various options, where
they were simply listed without any additional information.
The task is to
(a) add a comment on indexes and
(b) increase the maximum length of column, table and the new index comments.
The patch committed on behalf of Yoshinori Matsunobu (Yoshinori.Matsunobu@Sun.COM).
conflicts:
Text conflict in mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/rpl_max_binlog_size_func.result
Text conflict in mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/t/rpl_max_binlog_size_func.test
