set names utf8; create table no_rebuild ( a char(150) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci ) engine=innodb; create table rebuild ( a varchar(150) charset ascii ) engine=innodb; set @id = (select table_id from information_schema.innodb_sys_tables where name = 'test/no_rebuild'); select name, prtype, len from information_schema.innodb_sys_columns where table_id = @id; name prtype len a 2162942 450 select c.prtype, c.len from information_schema.innodb_sys_columns as c inner join information_schema.innodb_sys_tables t on c.table_id = t.table_id where t.name = 'test/rebuild' and c.name = 'a'; prtype len 720911 150 alter table no_rebuild change a a char(150) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_spanish_ci, algorithm=inplace; alter table rebuild change a a varchar(150) charset latin1 not null default 'asdf', algorithm=inplace; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INPLACE is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table rebuild change a a varchar(150) charset latin1 not null default 'asdf', algorithm=copy; select name, prtype, len from information_schema.innodb_sys_columns where table_id = @id; name prtype len a 13041918 450 select c.prtype, c.len from information_schema.innodb_sys_columns as c inner join information_schema.innodb_sys_tables t on c.table_id = t.table_id where t.name = 'test/rebuild' and c.name = 'a'; prtype len 524559 150 drop table no_rebuild, rebuild; create table supported_types ( id int primary key auto_increment, a varchar(150) charset ascii, b text(150) charset ascii, c text charset ascii, d tinytext charset ascii, e mediumtext charset ascii, f longtext charset ascii ) engine=innodb; alter table supported_types convert to charset ascii collate ascii_bin, algorithm=instant; drop table supported_types; create table various_cases ( a char(150) charset ascii, b varchar(150) as (a) virtual, c char(150) as (a) persistent ) engine=innodb; alter table various_cases change a a char(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, algorithm=inplace; alter table various_cases change a a varchar(222), algorithm=inplace; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INPLACE is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table various_cases change b b varchar(150) as (a) virtual, algorithm=inplace; alter table various_cases change c c char(150) as (a) persistent, algorithm=inplace; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INPLACE is not supported for this operation. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table various_cases modify a char(150) charset utf8mb4, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table various_cases; create table all_texts ( a tinytext charset ascii, b text charset ascii, c mediumtext charset ascii, d longtext charset ascii, footer int ) engine=innodb; alter table all_texts convert to charset ascii collate ascii_bin, algorithm=instant; drop table all_texts; create table all_binaries ( a tinyblob, b blob, c mediumblob, d longblob, e varbinary(150), f binary(150) ) engine=innodb; alter table all_binaries modify a tinytext, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_binaries modify b text, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_binaries modify c mediumtext, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_binaries modify d longtext, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_binaries modify e varchar(150), algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_binaries modify f char(150), algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table all_binaries; create table all_strings ( a tinytext, b text, c mediumtext, d longtext, e varchar(150), f char(150) ) engine=innodb; alter table all_strings modify a tinyblob, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_strings modify b blob, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_strings modify c mediumblob, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_strings modify d longblob, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_strings modify e varbinary(150), algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_strings modify f binary(150), algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_strings modify a tinytext charset binary, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_strings modify b text charset binary, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_strings modify c mediumtext charset binary, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_strings modify d longtext charset binary, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_strings modify e varchar(150) charset binary, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table all_strings modify f char(150) charset binary, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table all_strings; create table key_part_change ( a char(150) charset ascii, b char(150) charset ascii, c char(150) charset ascii, unique key ab (a,b) ) engine=innodb; alter table key_part_change modify a char(150) charset utf8mb4, drop index ab, add unique key ab(a,c), algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table key_part_change; create table key_part_change_and_rename ( a char(100) charset ascii, b char(100) charset ascii, unique key ab (a,b) ) engine=innodb; alter table key_part_change_and_rename change a b char(100) charset utf8mb4, change b a char(100) charset utf8mb4, drop index ab, add unique key ab(a,b), algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table key_part_change_and_rename; create table enum_and_set ( a enum('one', 'two') charset utf8mb3, b set('three', 'four') charset utf8mb3 ) engine=innodb; alter table enum_and_set modify a enum('one', 'two') charset utf8mb4, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table enum_and_set modify b enum('three', 'four') charset utf8mb4, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table enum_and_set; create table compressed ( a varchar(255) compressed charset utf8mb3 ) engine=innodb; insert into compressed values ('AAA'), ('bbb'), ('CCC'); alter table compressed modify a varchar(255) compressed charset utf8mb4, algorithm=instant; select * from compressed; a AAA bbb CCC check table compresed; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.compresed check Error Table 'test.compresed' doesn't exist test.compresed check status Operation failed drop table compressed; create table key_part_bug ( id int primary key auto_increment, a varchar(150) charset utf8mb3 unique key ) engine=innodb; alter table key_part_bug modify a varchar(150) charset utf8mb4, algorithm=instant; drop table key_part_bug; create table latin1_swedish_special_case ( copy1 varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, copy2 char(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, instant1 varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, instant2 char(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci ) engine=innodb; select c.name, c.prtype, c.mtype, c.len from information_schema.innodb_sys_columns as c inner join information_schema.innodb_sys_tables t on c.table_id = t.table_id where t.name = 'test/latin1_swedish_special_case'; name prtype mtype len copy1 720911 12 150 copy2 721150 13 150 instant1 720911 12 150 instant2 721150 13 150 alter table latin1_swedish_special_case modify copy1 varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, modify copy2 char(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, algorithm=copy; alter table latin1_swedish_special_case modify instant1 varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, modify instant2 char(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table latin1_swedish_special_case modify instant1 varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, modify instant2 char(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, algorithm=copy; select c.name, c.prtype, c.mtype, c.len from information_schema.innodb_sys_columns as c inner join information_schema.innodb_sys_tables t on c.table_id = t.table_id where t.name = 'test/latin1_swedish_special_case'; name prtype mtype len copy1 524303 1 150 copy2 524542 2 150 instant1 524303 1 150 instant2 524542 2 150 alter table latin1_swedish_special_case modify copy1 varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, modify copy2 char(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, algorithm=copy; alter table latin1_swedish_special_case modify instant1 varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, modify instant2 char(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, algorithm=instant; select c.name, c.prtype, c.mtype, c.len from information_schema.innodb_sys_columns as c inner join information_schema.innodb_sys_tables t on c.table_id = t.table_id where t.name = 'test/latin1_swedish_special_case'; name prtype mtype len copy1 3145743 12 150 copy2 3145982 13 150 instant1 3145743 12 150 instant2 3145982 13 150 drop table latin1_swedish_special_case; create table regression (a varchar(100) charset utf8mb3 primary key, b int) engine=innodb; alter table regression convert to character set utf8mb4; drop table regression; create table boundary_255 ( a varchar(50) charset ascii, b varchar(200) charset ascii, c varchar(300) charset ascii ) engine=innodb; alter table boundary_255 modify a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table boundary_255 modify a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3, algorithm=copy; alter table boundary_255 modify b varchar(200) charset utf8mb3, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table boundary_255 modify c varchar(300) charset utf8mb3, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table boundary_255; create table boundary_255 ( a varchar(70) charset utf8mb3 ) engine=innodb; alter table boundary_255 modify a varchar(70) charset utf8mb4, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table boundary_255; create table t ( a char(10) collate utf8mb3_general_ci, b char(70) collate utf8mb3_general_ci, c char(100) collate utf8mb3_general_ci, aa char(10) collate utf8mb3_general_ci unique, bb char(70) collate utf8mb3_general_ci unique, cc char(100) collate utf8mb3_general_ci unique, d char(10) collate utf8mb3_general_ci, dd char(10) collate utf8mb3_general_ci unique ) engine=innodb; insert into t values (repeat('a', 10), repeat('a', 70), repeat('a', 100), repeat('a', 10), repeat('a', 70), repeat('a', 100), repeat('a', 10), repeat('a', 10) ); alter table t modify a char(10) collate utf8mb4_general_ci, algorithm=instant; check table t; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t check status OK alter table t modify b char(70) collate utf8mb4_general_ci, algorithm=instant; check table t; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t check status OK alter table t modify c char(100) collate utf8mb4_general_ci, algorithm=instant; check table t; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t check status OK alter table t modify aa char(10) collate utf8mb4_general_ci, algorithm=instant; check table t; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t check status OK alter table t modify bb char(70) collate utf8mb4_general_ci, algorithm=instant; check table t; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t check status OK alter table t modify cc char(100) collate utf8mb4_general_ci, algorithm=instant; check table t; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t check status OK alter table t modify d char(10) collate utf8mb4_spanish_ci, algorithm=instant; alter table t modify dd char(10) collate utf8mb4_spanish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY select * from t; a b c aa bb cc d dd aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa drop table t; create table fully_compatible ( id int auto_increment unique key, from_charset char(255), from_collate char(255), to_charset char(255), to_collate char(255) ); insert into fully_compatible (from_charset, from_collate, to_charset, to_collate) values ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_general_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_general_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_bin', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_bin'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_unicode_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_icelandic_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_icelandic_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_latvian_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_latvian_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_romanian_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_romanian_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_slovenian_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_slovenian_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_polish_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_polish_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_estonian_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_estonian_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_spanish_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_spanish_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_swedish_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_swedish_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_turkish_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_turkish_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_czech_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_czech_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_danish_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_danish_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_lithuanian_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_lithuanian_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_slovak_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_slovak_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_spanish2_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_spanish2_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_roman_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_roman_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_persian_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_persian_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_esperanto_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_esperanto_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_hungarian_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_hungarian_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_sinhala_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_sinhala_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_german2_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_german2_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_croatian_mysql561_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_croatian_mysql561_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_unicode_520_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_vietnamese_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_croatian_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_croatian_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_myanmar_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_myanmar_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_thai_520_w2', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_thai_520_w2'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_general_nopad_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_general_nopad_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_nopad_bin', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_nopad_bin'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_unicode_nopad_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_unicode_nopad_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_unicode_520_nopad_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_unicode_520_nopad_ci') ; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_bin, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_bin primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_unicode_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_unicode_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_unicode_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_unicode_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_icelandic_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_icelandic_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_icelandic_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_icelandic_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_latvian_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_latvian_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_latvian_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_latvian_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_romanian_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_romanian_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_romanian_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_romanian_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_slovenian_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_slovenian_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_slovenian_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_slovenian_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_polish_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_polish_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_polish_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_polish_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_estonian_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_estonian_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_estonian_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_estonian_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_spanish_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_spanish_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_spanish_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_spanish_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_swedish_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_swedish_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_swedish_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_turkish_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_turkish_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_turkish_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_turkish_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_czech_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_czech_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_czech_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_czech_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_danish_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_danish_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_danish_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_danish_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_lithuanian_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_lithuanian_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_lithuanian_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_lithuanian_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_slovak_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_slovak_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_slovak_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_slovak_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_spanish2_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_spanish2_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_spanish2_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_spanish2_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_roman_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_roman_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_roman_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_roman_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_persian_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_persian_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_persian_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_persian_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_esperanto_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_esperanto_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_esperanto_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_esperanto_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_hungarian_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_hungarian_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_hungarian_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_hungarian_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_sinhala_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_sinhala_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_sinhala_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_sinhala_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_german2_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_german2_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_german2_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_german2_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_croatian_mysql561_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_croatian_mysql561_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_croatian_mysql561_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_croatian_mysql561_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_unicode_520_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_unicode_520_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_vietnamese_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_vietnamese_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_croatian_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_croatian_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_croatian_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_croatian_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_myanmar_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_myanmar_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_myanmar_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_myanmar_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_thai_520_w2, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_thai_520_w2 primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_thai_520_w2, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_thai_520_w2, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_nopad_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_nopad_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_nopad_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_nopad_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_nopad_bin, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_nopad_bin primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_nopad_bin, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_nopad_bin, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_unicode_nopad_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_unicode_nopad_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_unicode_nopad_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_unicode_nopad_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_unicode_520_nopad_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_unicode_520_nopad_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; insert into tmp values ('AAA', 'AAA'), ('bbb', 'bbb'); alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_unicode_520_nopad_ci, modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_unicode_520_nopad_ci, algorithm=instant; check table tmp; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.tmp check status OK drop table tmp; drop table fully_compatible; create table compatible_without_index ( id int auto_increment unique key, from_charset char(255), from_collate char(255), to_charset char(255), to_collate char(255) ); insert into compatible_without_index (from_charset, from_collate, to_charset, to_collate) values ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_general_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_bin', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_general_nopad_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_nopad_bin', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'ascii', 'ascii_bin'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_roman_ci', 'utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_lithuanian_ci'), ('utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_thai_520_w2', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_persian_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_myanmar_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_german2_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_general_ci', 'utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_unicode_ci'), ('latin1', 'latin1_general_cs', 'latin1', 'latin1_general_ci'), ('utf16', 'utf16_general_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_german2_ci') ; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci unique key, c varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, algorithm=instant; alter table tmp modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY alter table tmp modify c varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_bin, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_bin unique key, c varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_bin primary key ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, algorithm=instant; alter table tmp modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY alter table tmp modify c varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_nopad_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_nopad_ci unique key, c varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_nopad_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, algorithm=instant; alter table tmp modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY alter table tmp modify c varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_nopad_bin, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_nopad_bin unique key, c varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_nopad_bin primary key ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, algorithm=instant; alter table tmp modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY alter table tmp modify c varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b varchar(50) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci unique key, c varchar(50) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, algorithm=instant; alter table tmp modify b varchar(50) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY alter table tmp modify c varchar(50) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_roman_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_roman_ci unique key, c varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_roman_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_lithuanian_ci, algorithm=instant; alter table tmp modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_lithuanian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY alter table tmp modify c varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_lithuanian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_thai_520_w2, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_thai_520_w2 unique key, c varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_thai_520_w2 primary key ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_persian_ci, algorithm=instant; alter table tmp modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_persian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY alter table tmp modify c varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_persian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_myanmar_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_myanmar_ci unique key, c varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_myanmar_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_german2_ci, algorithm=instant; alter table tmp modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_german2_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY alter table tmp modify c varchar(50) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_german2_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci unique key, c varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_unicode_ci, algorithm=instant; alter table tmp modify b varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_unicode_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY alter table tmp modify c varchar(50) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_unicode_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_cs, b varchar(50) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_cs unique key, c varchar(50) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_cs primary key ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, algorithm=instant; alter table tmp modify b varchar(50) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY alter table tmp modify c varchar(50) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(50) charset utf16 collate utf16_general_ci, b varchar(50) charset utf16 collate utf16_general_ci unique key, c varchar(50) charset utf16 collate utf16_general_ci primary key ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(50) charset utf16 collate utf16_german2_ci, algorithm=instant; alter table tmp modify b varchar(50) charset utf16 collate utf16_german2_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY alter table tmp modify c varchar(50) charset utf16 collate utf16_german2_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; drop table compatible_without_index; create table fully_incompatible ( id int auto_increment unique key, from_charset char(255), from_collate char(255), to_charset char(255), to_collate char(255) ); insert into fully_incompatible (from_charset, from_collate, to_charset, to_collate) values ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_general_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_general_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'latin1', 'latin1_general_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_bin', 'latin1', 'latin1_bin'), ('ascii', 'ascii_nopad_bin', 'latin1', 'latin1_nopad_bin'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'latin2', 'latin2_general_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'latin7', 'latin7_general_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_bin', 'koi8u', 'koi8u_bin'), ('ascii', 'ascii_bin', 'ujis', 'ujis_bin'), ('ascii', 'ascii_bin', 'big5', 'big5_bin'), ('ascii', 'ascii_bin', 'gbk', 'gbk_bin'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_swedish_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_bin', 'latin1', 'latin1_swedish_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_nopad_ci', 'latin1', 'latin1_swedish_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_nopad_bin', 'latin1', 'latin1_swedish_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'koi8u', 'koi8u_bin'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_nopad_ci', 'koi8u', 'koi8u_bin'), ('ascii', 'ascii_nopad_bin', 'koi8u', 'koi8u_bin'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'latin1', 'latin1_swedish_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_bin', 'utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_swedish_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_nopad_ci', 'utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_swedish_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_nopad_bin', 'utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_swedish_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_danish_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_bin', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_danish_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_nopad_ci', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_danish_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_nopad_bin', 'utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_danish_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'gbk', 'gbk_chinese_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'gbk', 'gbk_chinese_nopad_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'ujis', 'ujis_japanese_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'big5', 'big5_chinese_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'latin2', 'latin2_croatian_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'latin7', 'latin7_estonian_cs'), ('ucs2', 'ucs2_general_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_general_ci'), ('ucs2', 'ucs2_unicode_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_unicode_ci'), ('ucs2', 'ucs2_icelandic_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_icelandic_ci'), ('ucs2', 'ucs2_latvian_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_latvian_ci'), ('ucs2', 'ucs2_romanian_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_romanian_ci'), ('ucs2', 'ucs2_slovenian_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_slovenian_ci'), ('ucs2', 'ucs2_polish_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_polish_ci'), ('ucs2', 'ucs2_estonian_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_estonian_ci'), ('ucs2', 'ucs2_spanish_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_spanish_ci'), ('ucs2', 'ucs2_general_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_general_ci'), ('ucs2', 'ucs2_myanmar_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_thai_520_w2'), ('ucs2', 'ucs2_general_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_unicode_nopad_ci'), ('ucs2', 'ucs2_general_mysql500_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_spanish2_ci'), ('utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_general_ci', 'utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_general_ci'), ('utf8mb4', 'utf8mb4_general_ci', 'ascii', 'ascii_general_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_general_ci', 'ascii', 'ascii_general_ci'), ('utf8mb3', 'utf8mb3_general_ci', 'latin1', 'latin1_general_ci'), ('utf16', 'utf16_general_ci', 'utf32', 'utf32_general_ci'), ('latin1', 'latin1_general_ci', 'ascii', 'ascii_general_ci'), ('ascii', 'ascii_general_ci', 'swe7', 'swe7_swedish_ci'), ('eucjpms', 'eucjpms_japanese_nopad_ci', 'geostd8', 'geostd8_general_ci'), ('latin1', 'latin1_general_ci', 'utf16', 'utf16_general_ci') ; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset latin1 collate latin1_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_nopad_bin, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_nopad_bin, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_nopad_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset latin1 collate latin1_nopad_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset latin2 collate latin2_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset latin2 collate latin2_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset latin7 collate latin7_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset latin7 collate latin7_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset koi8u collate koi8u_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset koi8u collate koi8u_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset ujis collate ujis_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset ujis collate ujis_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset big5 collate big5_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset big5 collate big5_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset gbk collate gbk_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset gbk collate gbk_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_nopad_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_nopad_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_nopad_bin, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_nopad_bin, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset koi8u collate koi8u_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset koi8u collate koi8u_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_nopad_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_nopad_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset koi8u collate koi8u_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset koi8u collate koi8u_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_nopad_bin, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_nopad_bin, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset koi8u collate koi8u_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset koi8u collate koi8u_bin, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset latin1 collate latin1_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_nopad_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_nopad_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_nopad_bin, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_nopad_bin, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_danish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_danish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_bin, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_danish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_danish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_nopad_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_nopad_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_danish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_danish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_nopad_bin, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_nopad_bin, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_danish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_danish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset gbk collate gbk_chinese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset gbk collate gbk_chinese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset gbk collate gbk_chinese_nopad_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset gbk collate gbk_chinese_nopad_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset ujis collate ujis_japanese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset ujis collate ujis_japanese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset big5 collate big5_chinese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset big5 collate big5_chinese_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset latin2 collate latin2_croatian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset latin2 collate latin2_croatian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset latin7 collate latin7_estonian_cs, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset latin7 collate latin7_estonian_cs, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_general_ci, b text(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_unicode_ci, b text(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_unicode_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_unicode_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_unicode_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_icelandic_ci, b text(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_icelandic_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_icelandic_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_icelandic_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_latvian_ci, b text(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_latvian_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_latvian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_latvian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_romanian_ci, b text(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_romanian_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_romanian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_romanian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_slovenian_ci, b text(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_slovenian_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_slovenian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_slovenian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_polish_ci, b text(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_polish_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_polish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_polish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_estonian_ci, b text(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_estonian_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_estonian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_estonian_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_spanish_ci, b text(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_spanish_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_spanish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_spanish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_general_ci, b text(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_myanmar_ci, b text(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_myanmar_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_thai_520_w2, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_thai_520_w2, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_general_ci, b text(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_unicode_nopad_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_unicode_nopad_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_general_mysql500_ci, b text(150) charset ucs2 collate ucs2_general_mysql500_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_spanish2_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_spanish2_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_ci, b text(150) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_ci, b text(150) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci, b text(150) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci, b text(150) charset utf8mb3 collate utf8mb3_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_general_ci, b text(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf32 collate utf32_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf32 collate utf32_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, b text(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, b text(150) charset ascii collate ascii_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset swe7 collate swe7_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset swe7 collate swe7_swedish_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset eucjpms collate eucjpms_japanese_nopad_ci, b text(150) charset eucjpms collate eucjpms_japanese_nopad_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset geostd8 collate geostd8_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset geostd8 collate geostd8_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; create table tmp ( a varchar(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, b text(150) charset latin1 collate latin1_general_ci, unique key b_idx (b(150)) ) engine=innodb; alter table tmp change a a varchar(150) charset utf16 collate utf16_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table tmp modify b text charset utf16 collate utf16_general_ci, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY drop table tmp; drop table fully_incompatible; # # MDEV-19284 INSTANT ALTER with ucs2-to-utf16 conversion produces bad data # CREATE TABLE t1 (a VARCHAR(10) CHARACTER SET ucs2, PRIMARY KEY(a)) ENGINE=InnoDB; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('a'),(0xD800); ALTER TABLE t1 ALGORITHM=COPY, MODIFY a VARCHAR(10) CHARACTER SET utf16; ERROR 22007: Incorrect string value: '\xD8\x00' for column `test`.`t1`.`a` at row 2 ALTER TABLE t1 ALGORITHM=INSTANT, MODIFY a VARCHAR(10) CHARACTER SET utf16; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY ALTER IGNORE TABLE t1 MODIFY a VARCHAR(10) CHARACTER SET utf16; affected rows: 2 info: Records: 2 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 1 Warnings: Warning 1366 Incorrect string value: '\xD8\x00' for column `test`.`t1`.`a` at row 2 SELECT HEX(a) FROM t1; HEX(a) 003F 0061 DROP TABLE t1; # # MDEV-19285 INSTANT ALTER from ascii_general_ci to latin1_general_ci produces corrupt data # CREATE TABLE t1 (a VARCHAR(10) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_general_ci, PRIMARY KEY(a)) ENGINE=InnoDB; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('a'),(0xC0),('b'); ALTER TABLE t1 ALGORITHM=COPY, MODIFY a VARCHAR(10) CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_general_ci; ERROR 22007: Incorrect string value: '\xC0' for column `test`.`t1`.`a` at row 3 ALTER TABLE t1 ALGORITHM=INSTANT, MODIFY a VARCHAR(10) CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_general_ci; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY ALTER IGNORE TABLE t1 MODIFY a VARCHAR(10) CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_general_ci; affected rows: 3 info: Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 1 Warnings: Warning 1366 Incorrect string value: '\xC0' for column `test`.`t1`.`a` at row 3 SELECT HEX(a) FROM t1; HEX(a) 3F 61 62 DROP TABLE t1; # # MDEV-19524 Server crashes in Bitmap<64u>::is_clear_all / Field_longstr::csinfo_change_allows_instant_alter # CREATE TABLE t1 (a VARCHAR(1), UNIQUE(a)) ENGINE=InnoDB; ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a INT, ADD b INT, ADD UNIQUE (b), ALGORITHM=INSTANT; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY DROP TABLE t1; # # MDEV-17301 Change of COLLATE unnecessarily requires ALGORITHM=COPY # create table t ( a char(10) collate latin1_general_ci primary key, b char(10) collate latin1_general_ci, c char(10) collate latin1_general_ci, unique key b_key(b) ) engine=innodb; insert into t values ('aaa', 'aaa', 'aaa'), ('ccc', 'ccc', 'ccc'), ('bbb', 'bbb', 'bbb'); alter table t modify a char(10) collate latin1_general_cs, algorithm=inplace; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INPLACE is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table t modify b char(10) collate latin1_general_cs, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY alter table t modify b char(10) collate latin1_general_cs, algorithm=nocopy; check table t; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t check status OK alter table t modify c char(10) collate latin1_general_cs, algorithm=instant; check table t; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t check status OK drop table t; create table t ( a varchar(10) collate latin1_general_ci primary key, b varchar(10) collate latin1_general_ci, c varchar(10) collate latin1_general_ci, unique key b_key(b) ) engine=innodb; insert into t values ('aaa', 'aaa', 'aaa'), ('ccc', 'ccc', 'ccc'), ('bbb', 'bbb', 'bbb'); alter table t modify a varchar(10) collate latin1_general_cs, algorithm=inplace; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INPLACE is not supported. Reason: Cannot change column type. Try ALGORITHM=COPY alter table t modify b varchar(10) collate latin1_general_cs, algorithm=instant; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INSTANT is not supported. Reason: ADD INDEX. Try ALGORITHM=NOCOPY alter table t modify b varchar(10) collate latin1_general_cs, algorithm=nocopy; check table t; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t check status OK alter table t modify c varchar(10) collate latin1_general_cs, algorithm=instant; check table t; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t check status OK drop table t; # # MDEV-20726: InnoDB: Assertion failure in file data0type.cc line 67 # CREATE TABLE t ( id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, a text CHARSET utf8mb3, KEY a_idx(a(1)) ) ENGINE=InnoDB; INSERT INTO t VALUES (1, 'something in the air'); ALTER TABLE t MODIFY a text CHARSET utf8mb4; DROP TABLE t; # # MDEV-22899: Assertion `field->col->is_binary() || field->prefix_len % field->col->mbmaxlen == 0' failed in dict_index_add_to_cache # CREATE TABLE t1 ( a text CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL, KEY a_key (a(1)) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (); ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a text DEFAULT NULL; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( a text CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL, b int, KEY a_key (b, a(1)) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (); ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a text DEFAULT NULL; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( a char(200) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL, KEY a_key (a(1)) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (); ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a text DEFAULT NULL; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( a char(200) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL, b int, KEY a_key (b, a(1)) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (); ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a text DEFAULT NULL; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( a varchar(200) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL, KEY a_key (a(1)) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (); ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a text DEFAULT NULL; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( a varchar(200) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL, b int, KEY a_key (b, a(1)) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (); ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a text DEFAULT NULL; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( a varchar(2000) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL, KEY a_key (a(1)) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (); ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a text DEFAULT NULL; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( a varchar(2000) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL, b int, KEY a_key (b, a(1)) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (); ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a text DEFAULT NULL; DROP TABLE t1; # # MDEV-23245 Still getting assertion failure in file data0type.cc line 67 # CREATE TABLE Foo ( Bar char(2) CHARACTER SET utf8, KEY Bar (Bar(1)) ) ENGINE = InnoDB; ALTER TABLE Foo MODIFY Bar char(2) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4; INSERT INTO Foo VALUES ('a'); DROP TABLE Foo; CREATE TABLE Foo ( Bar varchar(2) CHARACTER SET utf8, KEY Bar (Bar(1)) ) ENGINE = InnoDB; ALTER TABLE Foo MODIFY Bar varchar(2) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4; INSERT INTO Foo VALUES ('a'); DROP TABLE Foo; CREATE TABLE Foo ( Bar text CHARACTER SET utf8, KEY Bar (Bar(1)) ) ENGINE = InnoDB; ALTER TABLE Foo MODIFY Bar text CHARACTER SET utf8mb4; INSERT INTO Foo VALUES ('a'); DROP TABLE Foo; CREATE TABLE t1 (a VARCHAR(2) CHARACTER SET utf8mb3 COLLATE utf8mb3_unicode_ci, PRIMARY KEY (a(1))) ENGINE=InnoDB; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` varchar(2) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a`(1)) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY a VARCHAR(2) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('a'); DROP TABLE t1; # # MDEV-22775 [HY000][1553] Changing name of primary key column with foreign key constraint fails. # create table t1 (id int primary key) engine=innodb default charset=utf8; create table t2 (input_id int primary key, id int not null, key a (id), constraint a foreign key (id) references t1 (id) )engine=innodb default charset=utf8; alter table t1 change id id2 int; drop table t2; drop table t1;