CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT NOT NULL, f2 INT NOT NULL, f3 INT NULL, f4 INT as (f2) STORED, f5 INT as (f3) STORED, PRIMARY KEY(f1))ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED, ENGINE=INNODB; INSERT INTO t1(f1, f2, f3) VALUES(1, 1, 1); SELECT @@alter_algorithm; @@alter_algorithm COPY # All the following cases needs table rebuild # Add and Drop primary key ALTER TABLE t1 ADD COLUMN col1 INT NOT NULL,DROP PRIMARY KEY,ADD PRIMARY KEY(col1); affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 # Make existing column NULLABLE ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY f2 INT; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 # Drop Stored Column ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN f5; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 # Add base non-generated column as a last column in the compressed table ALTER TABLE t1 ADD COLUMN f6 INT NOT NULL; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 # Add base non-generated column but not in the last position ALTER TABLE t1 ADD COLUMN f7 INT NOT NULL after f3; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 # Force the table to rebuild ALTER TABLE t1 FORCE; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 # Row format changes ALTER TABLE t1 ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 # Engine table ALTER TABLE t1 ENGINE=INNODB; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 ALTER TABLE t1 FORCE, ALGORITHM=DEFAULT; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 DROP TABLE t1; affected rows: 0 CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT PRIMARY KEY, f2 INT NOT NULL, f3 INT AS (f2 * f2) VIRTUAL, f4 INT NOT NULL UNIQUE, f5 INT NOT NULL, INDEX idx(f2))ENGINE=INNODB; CREATE TABLE t2(f1 INT NOT NULL, f2 INT NOT NULL, INDEX(f1), FOREIGN KEY fidx(f1) REFERENCES t1(f1))ENGINE=INNODB; INSERT INTO t1(f1, f2, f4, f5) VALUES(1, 2, 3, 4); ALTER TABLE t1 ADD INDEX idx1(f4), page_compressed=1; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX idx, page_compression_level=5; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 ALTER TABLE t1 ADD UNIQUE INDEX u1(f2); affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX f4, page_compression_level=9; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 SET foreign_key_checks = 0; affected rows: 0 ALTER TABLE t1 ADD FOREIGN KEY(f5) REFERENCES t2(f1); affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 DROP TABLE t2, t1; affected rows: 0 CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT NOT NULL, f2 INT NOT NULL, f3 INT AS (f2 * f2) VIRTUAL, INDEX idx (f2))engine=innodb; CREATE TABLE t2(f1 INT NOT NULL, f2 INT NOT NULL, f3 VARCHAR(10), INDEX(f1))ENGINE=INNODB; INSERT INTO t1(f1, f2) VALUES(1, 1); # Add column at the end of the table ALTER TABLE t1 ADD COLUMN f4 char(100) default 'BIG WALL'; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 # Change virtual column expression ALTER TABLE t1 CHANGE f3 f3 INT AS (f2 * f2) VIRTUAL; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 # Add virtual column ALTER TABLE t1 ADD COLUMN f5 INT AS (f2) VIRTUAL; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 # Rename Column ALTER TABLE t1 CHANGE f3 vcol INT AS (f2) VIRTUAL; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 # Rename table ALTER TABLE t1 RENAME t3; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 # Drop Virtual Column ALTER TABLE t3 DROP COLUMN vcol; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 # Column length varies ALTER TABLE t2 CHANGE f3 f3 VARCHAR(20); affected rows: 0 info: Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 SET foreign_key_checks = 0; affected rows: 0 ALTER TABLE t3 ADD FOREIGN KEY fidx(f2) REFERENCES t2(f1); affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 SET foreign_key_checks = 1; affected rows: 0 ALTER TABLE t3 DROP FOREIGN KEY fidx; affected rows: 1 info: Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 DROP TABLE t3, t2; affected rows: 0