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+mod_real_query() is for binary data. and using MAX_QUERY_LENGTH will also pass
+uninitialized buffer to mysql server which will result syntax error
+
+so should pass there strlen(query) instead, but lets rather use mysql_query()
+which will use \0 terminated string.
+
+also the patch includes query into apache error log if the query failed.
+
+--- mod_pointer-0.8/mod_my_pointer.c 2002-06-18 18:33:13.000000000 +0300
++++ mod_pointer-0.8-mysql/mod_my_pointer.c 2006-04-12 20:14:39.662876705 +0300
+@@ -395,9 +395,9 @@
+ cfg->mysqlurlfield, cfg->mysqlframefield, cfg->mysqltitlefield,
+ cfg->mysqlpassargsfield, cfg->mysqlptrtable, cfg->mysqlhostfield, pointer_host);
+
+- if (mysql_real_query(mysql_handle, query, MAX_QUERY_LENGTH) != 0) {
++ if (mysql_query(mysql_handle, query) != 0) {
+ ap_log_error (APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, r->server,
+- "[mod_pointer]: MySQL error %s: %s", mysql_error(mysql_handle), r->uri);
++ "[mod_pointer]: MySQL error %s: %s: [%s]", mysql_error(mysql_handle), r->uri, query);
+ return SERVER_ERROR;
+ }
+