Most of us are lucky that software bugs are a small part of our lives. The ‘things just work’ attitude works for most situations, but occasionally something appears that may seem trivial at first glance may be catastrophic.
A bug appeared in MySQL’s recently released 8.0.32 that really caught my attention. This is a prime example of how a minor bug could have a significant impact on your life and a detrimental impact on your company or project.
The title Wrong result for AVG() OVER(ROWS BETWEEN 1 FOLLOWING AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING) is the first thing that caught my eye. A lot of developers heavily use the AVG() function. My first thought was, ‘ut-oh, AVG() being broken is a terrible thing,’ but then I realized it was thankfully not that drastic.
The OVER() clause indicates this is a problem in a Window Function. And odds are, if you are using OVER() for …
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