Function flatten

pkg/tablecodec/tablecodec.go:399–435

(loc *time.Location, data types.Datum, ret *types.Datum)

}

func flatten(loc *time.Location, data types.Datum, ret *types.Datum) error {
	switch data.Kind() {
	case types.KindMysqlTime:
		// for mysql datetime, timestamp and date type
		t := data.GetMysqlTime()
		if t.Type() == mysql.TypeTimestamp && loc != nil && loc != time.UTC {
			err := t.ConvertTimeZone(loc, time.UTC)
			if err != nil {
				return errors.Trace(err)
			}
		}
		v, err := t.ToPackedUint()
		ret.SetUint64(v)
		return errors.Trace(err)
	case types.KindMysqlDuration:
		// for mysql time type
		ret.SetInt64(int64(data.GetMysqlDuration().Duration))
		return nil
	case types.KindMysqlEnum:
		ret.SetUint64(data.GetMysqlEnum().Value)
		return nil
	case types.KindMysqlSet:
		ret.SetUint64(data.GetMysqlSet().Value)
		return nil
	case types.KindBinaryLiteral, types.KindMysqlBit:
		// We don't need to handle errors here since the literal is ensured to be able to store in uint64 in convertToMysqlBit.
		val, err := data.GetBinaryLiteral().ToInt(types.StrictContext)
		if err != nil {
			return errors.Trace(err)
		}
		ret.SetUint64(val)
		return nil
	default:
		*ret = data
		return nil
	}
}

// DecodeColumnValue decodes data to a Datum according to the column info.
func DecodeColumnValue(data []byte, ft *types.FieldType, loc *time.Location) (types.Datum, error) {