types: fix a bug in casting str2str when union (#37242)

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cherry-pick #37242 to release-6.0
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What problem does this PR solve?

Issue Number: close #31678

Problem Summary:

When building the plan of union, the flen of the projection target FieldType is mis-computed.

What is changed and how it works?

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Side effects

• Performance regression: Consumes more CPU
• Performance regression: Consumes more Memory
• Breaking backward compatibility

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• Changes MySQL compatibility

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Fix a wrong casting in building union plan

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/run-all-tests

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closed for DMR version