find_field_in_tables(THD *thd, Item_ident *item,
                     TABLE_LIST *first_table, TABLE_LIST *last_table,
		     Item **ref, find_item_error_report_type report_error,
                     bool check_privileges, bool register_tree_change)
{
  Field *found=0;
  const char *db= item->db_name;
  const char *table_name= item->table_name;
  const char *name= item->field_name;
  uint length=(uint) strlen(name);
  char name_buff[SAFE_NAME_LEN+1];
  TABLE_LIST *cur_table= first_table;
  TABLE_LIST *actual_table;
  bool allow_rowid;

  if (!table_name || !table_name[0])
  {
    table_name= 0;                              // For easier test
    db= 0;
  }

  allow_rowid= table_name || (cur_table && !cur_table->next_local);

  if (item->cached_table)
  {
    DBUG_PRINT("info", ("using cached table"));
    /*
      This shortcut is used by prepared statements. We assume that
      TABLE_LIST *first_table is not changed during query execution (which
      is true for all queries except RENAME but luckily RENAME doesn't
      use fields...) so we can rely on reusing pointer to its member.
      With this optimization we also miss case when addition of one more
      field makes some prepared query ambiguous and so erroneous, but we
      accept this trade off.
    */
    TABLE_LIST *table_ref= item->cached_table;
    /*
      The condition (table_ref->view == NULL) ensures that we will call
      find_field_in_table even in the case of information schema tables
      when table_ref->field_translation != NULL.
      */
    if (table_ref->table && !table_ref->view &&
        (!table_ref->is_merged_derived() ||
         (!table_ref->is_multitable() && table_ref->merged_for_insert)))
    {

      found= find_field_in_table(thd, table_ref->table, name, length,
                                 TRUE, &(item->cached_field_index));
#ifndef NO_EMBEDDED_ACCESS_CHECKS
      /* Check if there are sufficient access rights to the found field. */
      if (found && check_privileges && !is_temporary_table(table_ref) &&
          check_column_grant_in_table_ref(thd, table_ref, name, length))
        found= WRONG_GRANT;
#endif
    }
    else
      found= find_field_in_table_ref(thd, table_ref, name, length, item->name,
                                     NULL, NULL, ref, check_privileges,
                                     TRUE, &(item->cached_field_index),
                                     register_tree_change,
                                     &actual_table);
    if (found)
    {
      if (found == WRONG_GRANT)
	return (Field*) 0;

      /*
        Only views fields should be marked as dependent, not an underlying
        fields.
      */
      if (!table_ref->belong_to_view &&
          !table_ref->belong_to_derived)
      {
        SELECT_LEX *current_sel= item->context->select_lex;
        SELECT_LEX *last_select= table_ref->select_lex;
        bool all_merged= TRUE;
        for (SELECT_LEX *sl= current_sel; sl && sl!=last_select;
             sl=sl->outer_select())
        {
          Item *subs= sl->master_unit()->item;
          if (subs->type() == Item::SUBSELECT_ITEM && 
              ((Item_subselect*)subs)->substype() == Item_subselect::IN_SUBS &&
              ((Item_in_subselect*)subs)->test_strategy(SUBS_SEMI_JOIN))
          {
            continue;
          }
          all_merged= FALSE;
          break;
        }
        /*
          If the field was an outer referencee, mark all selects using this
          sub query as dependent on the outer query
        */
        if (!all_merged && current_sel != last_select)
        {
          mark_select_range_as_dependent(thd, last_select, current_sel,
                                         found, *ref, item, true);
        }
      }
      return found;
    }
  }
  else
    item->can_be_depended= TRUE;

  if (db && lower_case_table_names)
  {
    /*
      convert database to lower case for comparison.
      We can't do this in Item_field as this would change the
      'name' of the item which may be used in the select list
    */
    strmake_buf(name_buff, db);
    my_casedn_str(files_charset_info, name_buff);
    db= name_buff;
  }

  if (last_table)
    last_table= last_table->next_name_resolution_table;

  for (; cur_table != last_table ;
       cur_table= cur_table->next_name_resolution_table)
  {
    Field *cur_field= find_field_in_table_ref(thd, cur_table, name, length,
                                              item->name, db, table_name, ref,
                                              (thd->lex->sql_command ==
                                               SQLCOM_SHOW_FIELDS)
                                              ? false : check_privileges,
                                              allow_rowid,
                                              &(item->cached_field_index),
                                              register_tree_change,
                                              &actual_table);
    if (cur_field)
    {
      if (cur_field == WRONG_GRANT)
      {
        if (thd->lex->sql_command != SQLCOM_SHOW_FIELDS)
          return (Field*) 0;

        thd->clear_error();
        cur_field= find_field_in_table_ref(thd, cur_table, name, length,
                                           item->name, db, table_name, ref,
                                           false,
                                           allow_rowid,
                                           &(item->cached_field_index),
                                           register_tree_change,
                                           &actual_table);
        if (cur_field)
        {
          Field *nf=new Field_null(NULL,0,Field::NONE,
                                   cur_field->field_name,
                                   &my_charset_bin);
          nf->init(cur_table->table);
          cur_field= nf;
        }
      }

      /*
        Store the original table of the field, which may be different from
        cur_table in the case of NATURAL/USING join.
      */
      item->cached_table= (!actual_table->cacheable_table || found) ?
                          0 : actual_table;

      DBUG_ASSERT(thd->where);
      /*
        If we found a fully qualified field we return it directly as it can't
        have duplicates.
       */
      if (db)
        return cur_field;
      
      if (found)
      {
        if (report_error == REPORT_ALL_ERRORS ||
            report_error == IGNORE_EXCEPT_NON_UNIQUE)
          my_error(ER_NON_UNIQ_ERROR, MYF(0),
                   table_name ? item->full_name() : name, thd->where);
        return (Field*) 0;
      }
      found= cur_field;
    }
  }

  if (found)
    return found;
  
  /*
    If the field was qualified and there were no tables to search, issue
    an error that an unknown table was given. The situation is detected
    as follows: if there were no tables we wouldn't go through the loop
    and cur_table wouldn't be updated by the loop increment part, so it
    will be equal to the first table.
  */
  if (table_name && (cur_table == first_table) &&
      (report_error == REPORT_ALL_ERRORS ||
       report_error == REPORT_EXCEPT_NON_UNIQUE))
  {
    char buff[SAFE_NAME_LEN*2 + 2];
    if (db && db[0])
    {
      strxnmov(buff,sizeof(buff)-1,db,".",table_name,NullS);
      table_name=buff;
    }
    my_error(ER_UNKNOWN_TABLE, MYF(0), table_name, thd->where);
  }
  else
  {
    if (report_error == REPORT_ALL_ERRORS ||
        report_error == REPORT_EXCEPT_NON_UNIQUE)
      my_error(ER_BAD_FIELD_ERROR, MYF(0), item->full_name(), thd->where);
    else
      found= not_found_field;
  }
  return found;
}