5 files changed, 27 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/Frameworks/SPMySQLFramework/Source/SPMySQLConnection Categories/Server Info.m b/Frameworks/SPMySQLFramework/Source/SPMySQLConnection Categories/Server Info.m
index 01410eb5..5925d138 100644
--- a/Frameworks/SPMySQLFramework/Source/SPMySQLConnection Categories/Server Info.m
+++ b/Frameworks/SPMySQLFramework/Source/SPMySQLConnection Categories/Server Info.m
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 {
 	unsigned long myver = aMajorVersion * 10000 + aMinorVersion * 100 + aReleaseVersion;
 
-	return (myver >= serverVersionNumber);
+	return (serverVersionNumber >= myver);
 }
 
 #pragma mark -
diff --git a/Source/SPDatabaseData.m b/Source/SPDatabaseData.m
index 0cbb756a..965dfcb5 100644
--- a/Source/SPDatabaseData.m
+++ b/Source/SPDatabaseData.m
@@ -471,6 +471,9 @@ copy_return:
 	
 	[result setReturnDataAsStrings:YES];
 	
+	if([connection queryErrored])
+		SPLog(@"server variable lookup failed for '%@': %@ (%lu)",variable,[connection lastErrorMessage],[connection lastErrorID]);
+	
 	if ([result numberOfRows] != 1)
 		return nil;
 	
diff --git a/Source/SPDatabaseDocument.m b/Source/SPDatabaseDocument.m
index 2f7a5235..76dda407 100644
--- a/Source/SPDatabaseDocument.m
+++ b/Source/SPDatabaseDocument.m
@@ -1729,20 +1729,20 @@ static int64_t SPDatabaseDocumentInstanceCounter = 0;
 {
 	_supportsEncoding = YES;
 
-	NSString *mysqlEncoding = [databaseDataInstance getDatabaseDefaultCharacterSet];
+	NSString *mysqlEncoding = [[databaseDataInstance getDatabaseDefaultCharacterSet] retain];
 
 	SPClear(selectedDatabaseEncoding);
 
 	// Fallback or older version? -> set encoding to mysql default encoding latin1
 	if ( !mysqlEncoding ) {
-		NSLog(@"Error: no character encoding found, mysql version is %@", [self mySQLVersion]);
+		NSLog(@"Error: no character encoding found for db, mysql version is %@", [self mySQLVersion]);
 		
 		selectedDatabaseEncoding = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"latin1"];
 		
 		_supportsEncoding = NO;
 	} 
 	else {
-		selectedDatabaseEncoding = [mysqlEncoding retain];
+		selectedDatabaseEncoding = mysqlEncoding;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/SPTableContent.m b/Source/SPTableContent.m
index 14bae14a..095f89ee 100644
--- a/Source/SPTableContent.m
+++ b/Source/SPTableContent.m
@@ -434,7 +434,8 @@ static NSString *SPTableFilterSetDefaultOperator = @"SPTableFilterSetDefaultOper
 		[tableContentView scrollColumnToVisible:0];
 
 		// Set the maximum table rows to an estimated count pre-load
-		maxNumRows = [[tableDataInstance statusValueForKey:@"Rows"] integerValue];
+		NSString *rows = [tableDataInstance statusValueForKey:@"Rows"];
+		maxNumRows = (rows && ![rows isNSNull])? [rows integerValue] : 0;
 		maxNumRowsIsEstimate = YES;
 	}
 	
@@ -3991,14 +3992,15 @@ static NSString *SPTableFilterSetDefaultOperator = @"SPTableFilterSetDefaultOper
 		[tableDataInstance updateAccurateNumberOfRowsForCurrentTableForcingUpdate:NO];
 
 		// If the state is now accurate, use it
+		NSString *rows = [tableDataInstance statusValueForKey:@"Rows"];
 		if ([[tableDataInstance statusValueForKey:@"RowsCountAccurate"] boolValue]) {
-			maxNumRows = [[tableDataInstance statusValueForKey:@"Rows"] integerValue];
+			maxNumRows = [rows integerValue];
 			maxNumRowsIsEstimate = NO;
 			checkStatusCount = YES;
-
-			// Otherwise, use the estimate count
-		} else {
-			maxNumRows = [[tableDataInstance statusValueForKey:@"Rows"] integerValue];
+		}
+		// Otherwise, use the estimate count
+		else {
+			maxNumRows = (rows && ![rows isNSNull])? [rows integerValue] : 0;
 			maxNumRowsIsEstimate = YES;
 			checkStatusCount = YES;
 		}
diff --git a/Source/SPTableData.m b/Source/SPTableData.m
index a40225d0..51c6a274 100644
--- a/Source/SPTableData.m
+++ b/Source/SPTableData.m
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@
 			SPOnewayAlertSheet(
 				NSLocalizedString(@"Error", @"error"),
 				[NSApp mainWindow],
-				[NSString stringWithFormat:NSLocalizedString(@"An error occured while retrieving status data.\nMySQL said: %@", @"message of panel when retrieving view information failed"), [mySQLConnection lastErrorMessage]]
+				[NSString stringWithFormat:NSLocalizedString(@"An error occured while retrieving status data.\n\nMySQL said: %@", @"message of panel when retrieving view information failed"), [mySQLConnection lastErrorMessage]]
 			);
 			if (changeEncoding) [mySQLConnection restoreStoredEncoding];
 		}
@@ -1041,9 +1041,19 @@
 		// this happens e.g. for db "information_schema"
 		if([[status objectForKey:@"Rows"] isNSNull]) {
 			tableStatusResult = [mySQLConnection queryString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"SELECT COUNT(1) FROM %@", [escapedTableName backtickQuotedString] ]];
-			if (![mySQLConnection queryErrored])
+			// this query can fail e.g. if a table is damaged
+			if (tableStatusResult && ![mySQLConnection queryErrored]) {
 				[status setObject:[[tableStatusResult getRowAsArray] objectAtIndex:0] forKey:@"Rows"];
 				[status setObject:@"y" forKey:@"RowsCountAccurate"];
+			}
+			else {
+				//FIXME that error should really show only when trying to view the table content, but we don't even try to load that if Rows==NULL
+				SPOnewayAlertSheet(
+					NSLocalizedString(@"Querying row count failed", @"table status : row count query failed : error title"),
+					[NSApp mainWindow],
+					[NSString stringWithFormat:NSLocalizedString(@"An error occured while trying to determine the number of rows for “%@”.\nMySQL said: %@ (%lu)", @"table status : row count query failed : error message"),[tableListInstance tableName],[mySQLConnection lastErrorMessage],[mySQLConnection lastErrorID]]
+				);
+			}
 		}
 
 	}