find_item_in_list(Item *find, List<Item> &items, uint *counter,
                  find_item_error_report_type report_error,
                  enum_resolution_type *resolution, uint limit)
{
  List_iterator<Item> li(items);
  uint n_items= limit == 0 ? items.elements : limit;
  Item **found=0, **found_unaliased= 0, *item;
  const char *db_name=0;
  const char *field_name=0;
  const char *table_name=0;
  bool found_unaliased_non_uniq= 0;
  /*
    true if the item that we search for is a valid name reference
    (and not an item that happens to have a name).
  */
  bool is_ref_by_name= 0;
  uint unaliased_counter= 0;

  *resolution= NOT_RESOLVED;

  is_ref_by_name= (find->type() == Item::FIELD_ITEM  || 
                   find->type() == Item::REF_ITEM);
  if (is_ref_by_name)
  {
    field_name= ((Item_ident*) find)->field_name;
    table_name= ((Item_ident*) find)->table_name;
    db_name=    ((Item_ident*) find)->db_name;
  }

  for (uint i= 0; i < n_items; i++)
  {
    item= li++;
    if (field_name &&
        (item->real_item()->type() == Item::FIELD_ITEM ||
         ((item->type() == Item::REF_ITEM) &&
          (((Item_ref *)item)->ref_type() == Item_ref::VIEW_REF))))
    {
      Item_ident *item_field= (Item_ident*) item;

      /*
	In case of group_concat() with ORDER BY condition in the QUERY
	item_field can be field of temporary table without item name 
	(if this field created from expression argument of group_concat()),
	=> we have to check presence of name before compare
      */ 
      if (!item_field->name)
        continue;

      if (table_name)
      {
        /*
          If table name is specified we should find field 'field_name' in
          table 'table_name'. According to SQL-standard we should ignore
          aliases in this case.

          Since we should NOT prefer fields from the select list over
          other fields from the tables participating in this select in
          case of ambiguity we have to do extra check outside this function.

          We use strcmp for table names and database names as these may be
          case sensitive. In cases where they are not case sensitive, they
          are always in lower case.

	  item_field->field_name and item_field->table_name can be 0x0 if
	  item is not fix_field()'ed yet.
        */
        if (item_field->field_name && item_field->table_name &&
	    !my_strcasecmp(system_charset_info, item_field->field_name,
                           field_name) &&
            !my_strcasecmp(table_alias_charset, item_field->table_name, 
                           table_name) &&
            (!db_name || (item_field->db_name &&
                          !strcmp(item_field->db_name, db_name))))
        {
          if (found_unaliased)
          {
            if ((*found_unaliased)->eq(item, 0))
              continue;
            /*
              Two matching fields in select list.
              We already can bail out because we are searching through
              unaliased names only and will have duplicate error anyway.
            */
            if (report_error != IGNORE_ERRORS)
              my_error(ER_NON_UNIQ_ERROR, MYF(0),
                       find->full_name(), current_thd->where);
            return (Item**) 0;
          }
          found_unaliased= li.ref();
          unaliased_counter= i;
          *resolution= RESOLVED_IGNORING_ALIAS;
          if (db_name)
            break;                              // Perfect match
        }
      }
      else
      {
        int fname_cmp= my_strcasecmp(system_charset_info,
                                     item_field->field_name,
                                     field_name);
        if (!my_strcasecmp(system_charset_info,
                           item_field->name,field_name))
        {
          /*
            If table name was not given we should scan through aliases
            and non-aliased fields first. We are also checking unaliased
            name of the field in then next  else-if, to be able to find
            instantly field (hidden by alias) if no suitable alias or
            non-aliased field was found.
          */
          if (found)
          {
            if ((*found)->eq(item, 0))
              continue;                           // Same field twice
            if (report_error != IGNORE_ERRORS)
              my_error(ER_NON_UNIQ_ERROR, MYF(0),
                       find->full_name(), current_thd->where);
            return (Item**) 0;
          }
          found= li.ref();
          *counter= i;
          *resolution= fname_cmp ? RESOLVED_AGAINST_ALIAS:
	                           RESOLVED_WITH_NO_ALIAS;
        }
        else if (!fname_cmp)
        {
          /*
            We will use non-aliased field or react on such ambiguities only if
            we won't be able to find aliased field.
            Again if we have ambiguity with field outside of select list
            we should prefer fields from select list.
          */
          if (found_unaliased)
          {
            if ((*found_unaliased)->eq(item, 0))
              continue;                           // Same field twice
            found_unaliased_non_uniq= 1;
          }
          found_unaliased= li.ref();
          unaliased_counter= i;
        }
      }
    }
    else if (!table_name)
    { 
      if (is_ref_by_name && find->name && item->name &&
	  !my_strcasecmp(system_charset_info,item->name,find->name))
      {
        found= li.ref();
        *counter= i;
        *resolution= RESOLVED_AGAINST_ALIAS;
        break;
      }
      else if (find->eq(item,0))
      {
        found= li.ref();
        *counter= i;
        *resolution= RESOLVED_IGNORING_ALIAS;
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  if (!found)
  {
    if (found_unaliased_non_uniq)
    {
      if (report_error != IGNORE_ERRORS)
        my_error(ER_NON_UNIQ_ERROR, MYF(0),
                 find->full_name(), current_thd->where);
      return (Item **) 0;
    }
    if (found_unaliased)
    {
      found= found_unaliased;
      *counter= unaliased_counter;
      *resolution= RESOLVED_BEHIND_ALIAS;
    }
  }
  if (found)
    return found;
  if (report_error != REPORT_EXCEPT_NOT_FOUND)
  {
    if (report_error == REPORT_ALL_ERRORS)
      my_error(ER_BAD_FIELD_ERROR, MYF(0),
               find->full_name(), current_thd->where);
    return (Item **) 0;
  }
  else
    return (Item **) not_found_item;
}