I have a script running a batch of very similar queries.
All of them, except one, run without any problem.
Only one query is getting stuck.
In "show processlist" the query has state=null
According to docs, show processlist should report "State=null" only for the "show processlist" thread itself.
Server version: 5.0.67 MySQL Community Server (GPL)
mysql> show processlist;
+---------+--------+-----------+--------------+---------+------+-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info |
+---------+--------+-----------+--------------+---------+------+-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 3866613 | user | localhost | db_name | Query | 1986 | NULL | select log_time,log_action,log_action_id,log_object_id, @abcde:=if(log_action='abcde',to_ |
| 3873414 | root | localhost | NULL | Query | 0 | NULL | show processlist |
+---------+--------+-----------+--------------+---------+------+-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Could be a bug of your version of mysql, take a look at this bug for more information .