MySQL关于exists的一个bug

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今天碰到一个很奇怪的问题，关于 exists 的，

第一个语句如下：

SELECT
    count(1)
FROM
    APPLY t
WHERE
    EXISTS (SELECT
            r.APPLY_ID
        FROM
            RECORD r
        WHERE
            t.APPLY_ID = r.APPLY_ID
    );

产生的结果是：89584

第二个语句如下：

SELECT
    count(1)
FROM
    APPLY t
WHERE
    EXISTS (SELECT
            max(r.FINISH_TIME)
        FROM
            RECORD r
        WHERE
            t.APPLY_ID = r.APPLY_ID
    );

产生的结果是：432382

确实相当奇怪，对于 exist 子句来说，其判断的是子查询的值是否存在，也就是说，列名，和对列名求最大值没什么区别啊。

包括 MySQL 官方文档中也提到

Traditionally, an EXISTS subquery starts with SELECT *, but it could begin with SELECT 5 or SELECT column1 or anything at all. MySQL ignores the SELECT list in such a subquery, so it makes no difference.

大意就是 MySQL 会自动忽略到 SELECT 的列表。

后来在自己的环境测试了一下，确实是 MySQL 的一个 bug

测试环境：MySQL 5.6.31，5.7.14

mysql> create table t3(id int,t datetime);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.44 sec)

mysql> insert into t3 values(1,'20160812');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)

mysql> select 1 from dual where  exists (select id from t3 where id=2);
Empty set (0.15 sec)

mysql> select 1 from dual where  exists (select max(id) from t3 where id=2);
+---+
| 1 |
+---+
| 1 |

很明显，id 等于 2 的列不存在，但是第二条语句还是当做 TRUE 来处理了。

也确认了下两条语句的执行计划和改写后的 SQL

第一个语句

mysql> EXPLAIN EXTENDED select 1 from dual where  exists (select id from t3 where id=2);
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------+------------------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key  | key_len | ref  | rows | filtered | Extra            |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------+------------------+
|  1 | PRIMARY     | NULL  | NULL       | NULL | NULL          | NULL | NULL    | NULL | NULL |     NULL | Impossible WHERE |
|  2 | SUBQUERY    | t3    | NULL       | ALL  | NULL          | NULL | NULL    | NULL |    1 |   100.00 | Using where      |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------+------------------+
2 rows in set, 2 warnings (0.00 sec)

mysql> show warnings;
+---------+------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Level   | Code | Message                                                           |
+---------+------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Warning | 1681 | 'EXTENDED' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. |
| Note    | 1003 | /* select#1 */ select 1 AS `1` from DUAL  where 0                 |
+---------+------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

第二个语句

mysql> EXPLAIN EXTENDED select 1 from dual where  exists (select max(id) from t3 where id=2);
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------+----------------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key  | key_len | ref  | rows | filtered | Extra          |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------+----------------+
|  1 | PRIMARY     | NULL  | NULL       | NULL | NULL          | NULL | NULL    | NULL | NULL |     NULL | No tables used |
|  2 | SUBQUERY    | t3    | NULL       | ALL  | NULL          | NULL | NULL    | NULL |    1 |   100.00 | Using where    |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------+----------------+
2 rows in set, 2 warnings (0.00 sec)

mysql> show warnings;
+---------+------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Level   | Code | Message                                                           |
+---------+------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Warning | 1681 | 'EXTENDED' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. |
| Note    | 1003 | /* select#1 */ select 1 AS `1` from DUAL  where 1                 |
+---------+------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

执行计划及改写后的 SQL 确实有所不同，看来，确实是 MySQL 的一个 bug 了。

于是，给官方提了个 bug

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=82562

总结

建议写 exists 语句时，子查询中直接用 *，而不用对列进行任何函数操作，避免碰到官方 bug，

事实上，对于 abs，floor 函数又没问题

mysql> select 1 from dual where  exists (select abs(id) from t3 where id=2);
Empty set (0.07 sec)

mysql> select 1 from dual where  exists (select floor(id) from t3 where id=2);
Empty set (0.00 sec)