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ALTER TABLE | TiDB SQL Statement Reference |
An overview of the usage of ALTER TABLE for the TiDB database. |
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This statement modifies an existing table to conform to a new table structure. The statement ALTER TABLE can be used to:
AlterTableStmt:
TableName:
AlterTableSpec:
mysql> CREATE TABLE t1 (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, c1 INT NOT NULL);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO t1 (c1) VALUES (1),(2),(3),(4),(5);
Query OK, 5 rows affected (0.03 sec)
Records: 5 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE c1 = 3;
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| id | estRows | task | access object | operator info |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| TableReader_7 | 10.00 | root | | data:Selection_6 |
| └─Selection_6 | 10.00 | cop[tikv] | | eq(test.t1.c1, 3) |
| └─TableFullScan_5 | 10000.00 | cop[tikv] | table:t1 | keep order:false, stats:pseudo |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+---------------+--------------------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> ALTER TABLE t1 ADD INDEX (c1);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.30 sec)
mysql> EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE c1 = 3;
+------------------------+---------+-----------+------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| id | estRows | task | access object | operator info |
+------------------------+---------+-----------+------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| IndexReader_6 | 10.00 | root | | index:IndexRangeScan_5 |
| └─IndexRangeScan_5 | 10.00 | cop[tikv] | table:t1, index:c1(c1) | range:[3,3], keep order:false, stats:pseudo |
+------------------------+---------+-----------+------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)- All of the data types except spatial types are supported. For other unsupported cases, refer to: compatibility of DDL statements with MySQL.