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>B.2. MySQL Bugzilla Database Introduction</H1
><P
>This information comes straight from my life. I was forced to learn
    how Bugzilla organizes database because of nitpicky requests from users
    for tiny changes in wording, rather than having people re-educate
    themselves or figure out how to work our procedures around the tool. It
    sucks, but it can and will happen to you, so learn how the schema works
    and deal with it when it comes.</P
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>So, here you are with your brand-new installation of Bugzilla.
    You've got MySQL set up, Apache working right, Perl DBI and DBD talking
    to the database flawlessly. Maybe you've even entered a few test bugs to
    make sure email's working; people seem to be notified of new bugs and
    changes, and you can enter and edit bugs to your heart's content. Perhaps
    you've gone through the trouble of setting up a gateway for people to
    submit bugs to your database via email, have had a few people test it,
    and received rave reviews from your beta testers.</P
><P
>What's the next thing you do? Outline a training strategy for your
    development team, of course, and bring them up to speed on the new tool
    you've labored over for hours.</P
><P
>Your first training session starts off very well! You have a
    captive audience which seems enraptured by the efficiency embodied in
    this thing called "Bugzilla". You are caught up describing the nifty
    features, how people can save favorite queries in the database, set them
    up as headers and footers on their pages, customize their layouts,
    generate reports, track status with greater efficiency than ever before,
    leap tall buildings with a single bound and rescue Jane from the clutches
    of Certain Death!</P
><P
>But Certain Death speaks up -- a tiny voice, from the dark corners
    of the conference room. "I have a concern," the voice hisses from the
    darkness, "about the use of the word 'verified'.</P
><P
>The room, previously filled with happy chatter, lapses into
    reverential silence as Certain Death (better known as the Vice President
    of Software Engineering) continues. "You see, for two years we've used
    the word 'verified' to indicate that a developer or quality assurance
    engineer has confirmed that, in fact, a bug is valid. I don't want to
    lose two years of training to a new software product. You need to change
    the bug status of 'verified' to 'approved' as soon as possible. To avoid
    confusion, of course."</P
><P
>Oh no! Terror strikes your heart, as you find yourself mumbling
    "yes, yes, I don't think that would be a problem," You review the changes
    with Certain Death, and continue to jabber on, "no, it's not too big a
    change. I mean, we have the source code, right? You know, 'Use the
    Source, Luke' and all that... no problem," All the while you quiver
    inside like a beached jellyfish bubbling, burbling, and boiling on a hot
    Jamaican sand dune...</P
><P
>Thus begins your adventure into the heart of Bugzilla. You've been
    forced to learn about non-portable enum() fields, varchar columns, and
    tinyint definitions. The Adventure Awaits You!</P
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NAME="AEN2091"
></A
>B.2.1. Bugzilla Database Basics</H2
><P
>If you were like me, at this point you're totally clueless about
      the internals of MySQL, and if it weren't for this executive order from
      the Vice President you couldn't care less about the difference between
      a 
      <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"bigint"</SPAN
>

      and a 
      <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"tinyint"</SPAN
>

      entry in MySQL. I recommend you refer to the MySQL documentation,
      available at 
      <A
HREF="http://www.mysql.com/doc.html"
TARGET="_top"
>MySQL.com</A
>

      . Below are the basics you need to know about the Bugzilla database.
      Check the chart above for more details.</P
><P
>&#13;        <P
></P
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
>To connect to your database:</P
><P
>&#13;              <TT
CLASS="prompt"
>bash#</TT
>

              <B
CLASS="command"
>mysql</B
>

              <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>-u root</I
></TT
>
            </P
><P
>If this works without asking you for a password, 
            <EM
>shame on you</EM
>

            ! You should have locked your security down like the installation
            instructions told you to. You can find details on locking down
            your database in the Bugzilla FAQ in this directory (under
            "Security"), or more robust security generalities in the 
            <A
HREF="http://www.mysql.com/php/manual.php3?section=Privilege_system"
TARGET="_top"
>MySQL
            searchable documentation</A
>.            
            </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>You should now be at a prompt that looks like this:</P
><P
>&#13;              <TT
CLASS="prompt"
>mysql&#62;</TT
>
            </P
><P
>At the prompt, if 
            <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"bugs"</SPAN
>

            is the name you chose in the
            <TT
CLASS="filename"
>localconfig</TT
>

            file for your Bugzilla database, type:</P
><P
>&#13;              <TT
CLASS="prompt"
>mysql</TT
>

              <B
CLASS="command"
>use bugs;</B
>
            </P
></LI
></OL
>
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><H3
CLASS="section"
><A
NAME="AEN2118"
></A
>B.2.1.1. Bugzilla Database Tables</H3
><P
>Imagine your MySQL database as a series of spreadsheets, and
        you won't be too far off. If you use this command:</P
><P
>&#13;          <TT
CLASS="prompt"
>mysql&#62;</TT
>
          <B
CLASS="command"
>show tables from bugs;</B
>
        </P
><P
>you'll be able to see the names of all the 
        <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"spreadsheets"</SPAN
>
        (tables) in your database.</P
><P
>From the command issued above, ou should have some
	  output that looks like this:
<TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
CLASS="programlisting"
>&#13;+-------------------+
| Tables in bugs    |
+-------------------+
| attachments       |
| bugs              |
| bugs_activity     |
| cc                |
| components        |
| dependencies      |
| fielddefs         |
| groups            |
| keyworddefs       |
| keywords          |
| logincookies      |
| longdescs         |
| milestones        |
| namedqueries      |
| products          |
| profiles          |
| profiles_activity |
| tokens            |
| versions          |
| votes             |
| watch             |
+-------------------+
</PRE
></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
>
</P
><P
CLASS="literallayout"
><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Here's&nbsp;an&nbsp;overview&nbsp;of&nbsp;what&nbsp;each&nbsp;table&nbsp;does.&nbsp;&nbsp;Most&nbsp;columns&nbsp;in&nbsp;each&nbsp;table&nbsp;have<br>
descriptive&nbsp;names&nbsp;that&nbsp;make&nbsp;it&nbsp;fairly&nbsp;trivial&nbsp;to&nbsp;figure&nbsp;out&nbsp;their&nbsp;jobs.<br>
<br>
attachments:&nbsp;This&nbsp;table&nbsp;stores&nbsp;all&nbsp;attachments&nbsp;to&nbsp;bugs.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;tends&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;your<br>
largest&nbsp;table,&nbsp;yet&nbsp;also&nbsp;generally&nbsp;has&nbsp;the&nbsp;fewest&nbsp;entries&nbsp;because&nbsp;file<br>
attachments&nbsp;are&nbsp;so&nbsp;(relatively)&nbsp;large.<br>
<br>
bugs:&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;core&nbsp;of&nbsp;your&nbsp;system.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;table&nbsp;stores&nbsp;most&nbsp;of&nbsp;the<br>
current&nbsp;information&nbsp;about&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug,&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;exception&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;info&nbsp;stored&nbsp;in&nbsp;the<br>
other&nbsp;tables.<br>
<br>
bugs_activity:&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;stores&nbsp;information&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;what&nbsp;changes&nbsp;are&nbsp;made&nbsp;to&nbsp;bugs<br>
when&nbsp;--&nbsp;a&nbsp;history&nbsp;file.<br>
<br>
cc:&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;tiny&nbsp;table&nbsp;simply&nbsp;stores&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;CC&nbsp;information&nbsp;for&nbsp;any&nbsp;bug&nbsp;which&nbsp;has<br>
any&nbsp;entries&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;CC&nbsp;field&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug.&nbsp;&nbsp;Note&nbsp;that,&nbsp;like&nbsp;most&nbsp;other&nbsp;tables&nbsp;in<br>
Bugzilla,&nbsp;it&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;refer&nbsp;to&nbsp;users&nbsp;by&nbsp;their&nbsp;user&nbsp;names,&nbsp;but&nbsp;by&nbsp;their&nbsp;unique<br>
userid,&nbsp;stored&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;primary&nbsp;key&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;profiles&nbsp;table.<br>
<br>
components:&nbsp;This&nbsp;stores&nbsp;the&nbsp;programs&nbsp;and&nbsp;components&nbsp;(or&nbsp;products&nbsp;and<br>
components,&nbsp;in&nbsp;newer&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;parlance)&nbsp;for&nbsp;Bugzilla.&nbsp;&nbsp;Curiously,&nbsp;the&nbsp;"program"<br>
(product)&nbsp;field&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;full&nbsp;name&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;product,&nbsp;rather&nbsp;than&nbsp;some&nbsp;other&nbsp;unique<br>
identifier,&nbsp;like&nbsp;bug_id&nbsp;and&nbsp;user_id&nbsp;are&nbsp;elsewhere&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;database.<br>
<br>
dependencies:&nbsp;Stores&nbsp;data&nbsp;about&nbsp;those&nbsp;cool&nbsp;dependency&nbsp;trees.<br>
<br>
fielddefs:&nbsp;&nbsp;A&nbsp;nifty&nbsp;table&nbsp;that&nbsp;defines&nbsp;other&nbsp;tables.&nbsp;&nbsp;For&nbsp;instance,&nbsp;when&nbsp;you<br>
submit&nbsp;a&nbsp;form&nbsp;that&nbsp;changes&nbsp;the&nbsp;value&nbsp;of&nbsp;"AssignedTo"&nbsp;this&nbsp;table&nbsp;allows<br>
translation&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;actual&nbsp;field&nbsp;name&nbsp;"assigned_to"&nbsp;for&nbsp;entry&nbsp;into&nbsp;MySQL.<br>
<br>
groups:&nbsp;&nbsp;defines&nbsp;bitmasks&nbsp;for&nbsp;groups.&nbsp;&nbsp;A&nbsp;bitmask&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;number&nbsp;that&nbsp;can&nbsp;uniquely<br>
identify&nbsp;group&nbsp;memberships.&nbsp;&nbsp;For&nbsp;instance,&nbsp;say&nbsp;the&nbsp;group&nbsp;that&nbsp;is&nbsp;allowed&nbsp;to<br>
tweak&nbsp;parameters&nbsp;is&nbsp;assigned&nbsp;a&nbsp;value&nbsp;of&nbsp;"1",&nbsp;the&nbsp;group&nbsp;that&nbsp;is&nbsp;allowed&nbsp;to&nbsp;edit<br>
users&nbsp;is&nbsp;assigned&nbsp;a&nbsp;"2",&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;group&nbsp;that&nbsp;is&nbsp;allowed&nbsp;to&nbsp;create&nbsp;new&nbsp;groups&nbsp;is<br>
assigned&nbsp;the&nbsp;bitmask&nbsp;of&nbsp;"4".&nbsp;&nbsp;By&nbsp;uniquely&nbsp;combining&nbsp;the&nbsp;group&nbsp;bitmasks&nbsp;(much<br>
like&nbsp;the&nbsp;chmod&nbsp;command&nbsp;in&nbsp;UNIX,)&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;identify&nbsp;a&nbsp;user&nbsp;is&nbsp;allowed&nbsp;to&nbsp;tweak<br>
parameters&nbsp;and&nbsp;create&nbsp;groups,&nbsp;but&nbsp;not&nbsp;edit&nbsp;users,&nbsp;by&nbsp;giving&nbsp;him&nbsp;a&nbsp;bitmask&nbsp;of<br>
"5",&nbsp;or&nbsp;a&nbsp;user&nbsp;allowed&nbsp;to&nbsp;edit&nbsp;users&nbsp;and&nbsp;create&nbsp;groups,&nbsp;but&nbsp;not&nbsp;tweak<br>
parameters,&nbsp;by&nbsp;giving&nbsp;him&nbsp;a&nbsp;bitmask&nbsp;of&nbsp;"6"&nbsp;Simple,&nbsp;huh?<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;If&nbsp;this&nbsp;makes&nbsp;no&nbsp;sense&nbsp;to&nbsp;you,&nbsp;try&nbsp;this&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;mysql&nbsp;prompt:<br>
mysql&#62;&nbsp;select&nbsp;*&nbsp;from&nbsp;groups;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;You'll&nbsp;see&nbsp;the&nbsp;list,&nbsp;it&nbsp;makes&nbsp;much&nbsp;more&nbsp;sense&nbsp;that&nbsp;way.<br>
<br>
keyworddefs:&nbsp;&nbsp;Definitions&nbsp;of&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;used<br>
<br>
keywords:&nbsp;Unlike&nbsp;what&nbsp;you'd&nbsp;think,&nbsp;this&nbsp;table&nbsp;holds&nbsp;which&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;are<br>
associated&nbsp;with&nbsp;which&nbsp;bug&nbsp;id's.<br>
<br>
logincookies:&nbsp;This&nbsp;stores&nbsp;every&nbsp;login&nbsp;cookie&nbsp;ever&nbsp;assigned&nbsp;to&nbsp;you&nbsp;for&nbsp;every<br>
machine&nbsp;you've&nbsp;ever&nbsp;logged&nbsp;into&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;from.&nbsp;&nbsp;Curiously,&nbsp;it&nbsp;never&nbsp;does&nbsp;any<br>
housecleaning&nbsp;--&nbsp;I&nbsp;see&nbsp;cookies&nbsp;in&nbsp;this&nbsp;file&nbsp;I've&nbsp;not&nbsp;used&nbsp;for&nbsp;months.&nbsp;&nbsp;However,<br>
since&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;never&nbsp;expires&nbsp;your&nbsp;cookie&nbsp;(for&nbsp;convenience'&nbsp;sake),&nbsp;it&nbsp;makes<br>
sense.<br>
<br>
longdescs:&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;meat&nbsp;of&nbsp;bugzilla&nbsp;--&nbsp;here&nbsp;is&nbsp;where&nbsp;all&nbsp;user&nbsp;comments&nbsp;are&nbsp;stored!<br>
You've&nbsp;only&nbsp;got&nbsp;2^24&nbsp;bytes&nbsp;per&nbsp;comment&nbsp;(it's&nbsp;a&nbsp;mediumtext&nbsp;field),&nbsp;so&nbsp;speak<br>
sparingly&nbsp;--&nbsp;that's&nbsp;only&nbsp;the&nbsp;amount&nbsp;of&nbsp;space&nbsp;the&nbsp;Old&nbsp;Testament&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;Bible<br>
would&nbsp;take&nbsp;(uncompressed,&nbsp;16&nbsp;megabytes).&nbsp;&nbsp;Each&nbsp;comment&nbsp;is&nbsp;keyed&nbsp;to&nbsp;the<br>
bug_id&nbsp;to&nbsp;which&nbsp;it's&nbsp;attached,&nbsp;so&nbsp;the&nbsp;order&nbsp;is&nbsp;necessarily&nbsp;chronological,&nbsp;for<br>
comments&nbsp;are&nbsp;played&nbsp;back&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;order&nbsp;in&nbsp;which&nbsp;they&nbsp;are&nbsp;received.<br>
<br>
milestones:&nbsp;&nbsp;Interesting&nbsp;that&nbsp;milestones&nbsp;are&nbsp;associated&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;specific&nbsp;product<br>
in&nbsp;this&nbsp;table,&nbsp;but&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;yet&nbsp;support&nbsp;differing&nbsp;milestones&nbsp;by<br>
product&nbsp;through&nbsp;the&nbsp;standard&nbsp;configuration&nbsp;interfaces.<br>
<br>
namedqueries:&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;where&nbsp;everybody&nbsp;stores&nbsp;their&nbsp;"custom&nbsp;queries".&nbsp;&nbsp;Very<br>
cool&nbsp;feature;&nbsp;it&nbsp;beats&nbsp;the&nbsp;tar&nbsp;out&nbsp;of&nbsp;having&nbsp;to&nbsp;bookmark&nbsp;each&nbsp;cool&nbsp;query&nbsp;you<br>
construct.<br>
<br>
products:&nbsp;&nbsp;What&nbsp;products&nbsp;you&nbsp;have,&nbsp;whether&nbsp;new&nbsp;bug&nbsp;entries&nbsp;are&nbsp;allowed&nbsp;for&nbsp;the<br>
product,&nbsp;what&nbsp;milestone&nbsp;you're&nbsp;working&nbsp;toward&nbsp;on&nbsp;that&nbsp;product,&nbsp;votes,&nbsp;etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;It<br>
will&nbsp;be&nbsp;nice&nbsp;when&nbsp;the&nbsp;components&nbsp;table&nbsp;supports&nbsp;these&nbsp;same&nbsp;features,&nbsp;so&nbsp;you<br>
could&nbsp;close&nbsp;a&nbsp;particular&nbsp;component&nbsp;for&nbsp;bug&nbsp;entry&nbsp;without&nbsp;having&nbsp;to&nbsp;close&nbsp;an<br>
entire&nbsp;product...<br>
<br>
profiles:&nbsp;&nbsp;Ahh,&nbsp;so&nbsp;you&nbsp;were&nbsp;wondering&nbsp;where&nbsp;your&nbsp;precious&nbsp;user&nbsp;information&nbsp;was<br>
stored?&nbsp;&nbsp;Here&nbsp;it&nbsp;is!&nbsp;&nbsp;With&nbsp;the&nbsp;passwords&nbsp;in&nbsp;plain&nbsp;text&nbsp;for&nbsp;all&nbsp;to&nbsp;see!&nbsp;(but<br>
sshh...&nbsp;don't&nbsp;tell&nbsp;your&nbsp;users!)<br>
<br>
profiles_activity:&nbsp;&nbsp;Need&nbsp;to&nbsp;know&nbsp;who&nbsp;did&nbsp;what&nbsp;when&nbsp;to&nbsp;who's&nbsp;profile?&nbsp;&nbsp;This'll<br>
tell&nbsp;you,&nbsp;it's&nbsp;a&nbsp;pretty&nbsp;complete&nbsp;history.<br>
<br>
versions:&nbsp;&nbsp;Version&nbsp;information&nbsp;for&nbsp;every&nbsp;product<br>
<br>
votes:&nbsp;&nbsp;Who&nbsp;voted&nbsp;for&nbsp;what&nbsp;when<br>
<br>
watch:&nbsp;&nbsp;Who&nbsp;(according&nbsp;to&nbsp;userid)&nbsp;is&nbsp;watching&nbsp;who's&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;(according&nbsp;to&nbsp;their<br>
userid).<br>
<br>
<br>
===<br>
THE&nbsp;DETAILS<br>
===<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Ahh,&nbsp;so&nbsp;you're&nbsp;wondering&nbsp;just&nbsp;what&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;information&nbsp;above?&nbsp;&nbsp;At&nbsp;the<br>
mysql&nbsp;prompt,&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;view&nbsp;any&nbsp;information&nbsp;about&nbsp;the&nbsp;columns&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;table&nbsp;with<br>
this&nbsp;command&nbsp;(where&nbsp;"table"&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;name&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;table&nbsp;you&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;view):<br>
<br>
mysql&#62;&nbsp;show&nbsp;columns&nbsp;from&nbsp;table;<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;You&nbsp;can&nbsp;also&nbsp;view&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;data&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;table&nbsp;with&nbsp;this&nbsp;command:<br>
<br>
mysql&#62;&nbsp;select&nbsp;*&nbsp;from&nbsp;table;<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;--&nbsp;note:&nbsp;this&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;very&nbsp;bad&nbsp;idea&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;on,&nbsp;for&nbsp;instance,&nbsp;the&nbsp;"bugs"&nbsp;table&nbsp;if<br>
you&nbsp;have&nbsp;50,000&nbsp;bugs.&nbsp;&nbsp;You'll&nbsp;be&nbsp;sitting&nbsp;there&nbsp;a&nbsp;while&nbsp;until&nbsp;you&nbsp;ctrl-c&nbsp;or<br>
50,000&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;play&nbsp;across&nbsp;your&nbsp;screen.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;You&nbsp;can&nbsp;limit&nbsp;the&nbsp;display&nbsp;from&nbsp;above&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;command,&nbsp;where<br>
"column"&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;name&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;column&nbsp;for&nbsp;which&nbsp;you&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;restrict&nbsp;information:<br>
<br>
mysql&#62;&nbsp;select&nbsp;*&nbsp;from&nbsp;table&nbsp;where&nbsp;(column&nbsp;=&nbsp;"some&nbsp;info");<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;--&nbsp;or&nbsp;the&nbsp;reverse&nbsp;of&nbsp;this<br>
<br>
mysql&#62;&nbsp;select&nbsp;*&nbsp;from&nbsp;table&nbsp;where&nbsp;(column&nbsp;!=&nbsp;"some&nbsp;info");<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Let's&nbsp;take&nbsp;our&nbsp;example&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;introduction,&nbsp;and&nbsp;assume&nbsp;you&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;change<br>
the&nbsp;word&nbsp;"verified"&nbsp;to&nbsp;"approved"&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;resolution&nbsp;field.&nbsp;&nbsp;We&nbsp;know&nbsp;from&nbsp;the<br>
above&nbsp;information&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;resolution&nbsp;is&nbsp;likely&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;stored&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;"bugs"<br>
table.&nbsp;Note&nbsp;we'll&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;change&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;perl&nbsp;code&nbsp;as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;this&nbsp;database<br>
change,&nbsp;but&nbsp;I&nbsp;won't&nbsp;plunge&nbsp;into&nbsp;that&nbsp;in&nbsp;this&nbsp;document.&nbsp;Let's&nbsp;verify&nbsp;the<br>
information&nbsp;is&nbsp;stored&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;"bugs"&nbsp;table:<br>
<br>
mysql&#62;&nbsp;show&nbsp;columns&nbsp;from&nbsp;bugs<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;(exceedingly&nbsp;long&nbsp;output&nbsp;truncated&nbsp;here)<br>
|&nbsp;bug_status|&nbsp;enum('UNCONFIRMED','NEW','ASSIGNED','REOPENED','RESOLVED','VERIFIED','CLOSED')||MUL&nbsp;|&nbsp;UNCONFIRMED||<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Sorry&nbsp;about&nbsp;that&nbsp;long&nbsp;line.&nbsp;&nbsp;We&nbsp;see&nbsp;from&nbsp;this&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;"bug&nbsp;status"&nbsp;column&nbsp;is<br>
an&nbsp;"enum&nbsp;field",&nbsp;which&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;MySQL&nbsp;peculiarity&nbsp;where&nbsp;a&nbsp;string&nbsp;type&nbsp;field&nbsp;can<br>
only&nbsp;have&nbsp;certain&nbsp;types&nbsp;of&nbsp;entries.&nbsp;&nbsp;While&nbsp;I&nbsp;think&nbsp;this&nbsp;is&nbsp;very&nbsp;cool,&nbsp;it's&nbsp;not<br>
standard&nbsp;SQL.&nbsp;&nbsp;Anyway,&nbsp;we&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;add&nbsp;the&nbsp;possible&nbsp;enum&nbsp;field&nbsp;entry<br>
'APPROVED'&nbsp;by&nbsp;altering&nbsp;the&nbsp;"bugs"&nbsp;table.<br>
<br>
mysql&#62;&nbsp;ALTER&nbsp;table&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;CHANGE&nbsp;bug_status&nbsp;bug_status<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&#62;&nbsp;enum("UNCONFIRMED",&nbsp;"NEW",&nbsp;"ASSIGNED",&nbsp;"REOPENED",&nbsp;"RESOLVED",<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&#62;&nbsp;"VERIFIED",&nbsp;"APPROVED",&nbsp;"CLOSED")&nbsp;not&nbsp;null;<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(note&nbsp;we&nbsp;can&nbsp;take&nbsp;three&nbsp;lines&nbsp;or&nbsp;more&nbsp;--&nbsp;whatever&nbsp;you&nbsp;put&nbsp;in&nbsp;before&nbsp;the<br>
semicolon&nbsp;is&nbsp;evaluated&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;single&nbsp;expression)<br>
<br>
Now&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;do&nbsp;this:<br>
<br>
mysql&#62;&nbsp;show&nbsp;columns&nbsp;from&nbsp;bugs;<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;see&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug_status&nbsp;field&nbsp;has&nbsp;an&nbsp;extra&nbsp;"APPROVED"&nbsp;enum&nbsp;that's<br>
available!&nbsp;&nbsp;Cool&nbsp;thing,&nbsp;too,&nbsp;is&nbsp;that&nbsp;this&nbsp;is&nbsp;reflected&nbsp;on&nbsp;your&nbsp;query&nbsp;page&nbsp;as<br>
well&nbsp;--&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;query&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;new&nbsp;status.&nbsp;&nbsp;But&nbsp;how's&nbsp;it&nbsp;fit&nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;existing<br>
scheme&nbsp;of&nbsp;things?<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Looks&nbsp;like&nbsp;you&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;go&nbsp;back&nbsp;and&nbsp;look&nbsp;for&nbsp;instances&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;word&nbsp;"verified"<br>
in&nbsp;the&nbsp;perl&nbsp;code&nbsp;for&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;--&nbsp;wherever&nbsp;you&nbsp;find&nbsp;"verified",&nbsp;change&nbsp;it&nbsp;to<br>
"approved"&nbsp;and&nbsp;you're&nbsp;in&nbsp;business&nbsp;(make&nbsp;sure&nbsp;that's&nbsp;a&nbsp;case-insensitive&nbsp;search).<br>
Although&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;query&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;enum&nbsp;field,&nbsp;you&nbsp;can't&nbsp;give&nbsp;something&nbsp;a&nbsp;status<br>
of&nbsp;"APPROVED"&nbsp;until&nbsp;you&nbsp;make&nbsp;the&nbsp;perl&nbsp;changes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Note&nbsp;that&nbsp;this&nbsp;change&nbsp;I<br>
mentioned&nbsp;can&nbsp;also&nbsp;be&nbsp;done&nbsp;by&nbsp;editing&nbsp;checksetup.pl,&nbsp;which&nbsp;automates&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of<br>
this.&nbsp;&nbsp;But&nbsp;you&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;know&nbsp;this&nbsp;stuff&nbsp;anyway,&nbsp;right?<br>
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