drop table if exists t1,t2; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT, INDEX(a)) engine=innodb; ALTER TABLE t1 RENAME TO t2, DISABLE KEYS; Warnings: Note 1031 Storage engine InnoDB of the table `test`.`t1` doesn't have this option DROP TABLE t2; CREATE TABLE t1 ( col4 text NOT NULL, col2 int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', col3 int(11) DEFAULT NULL, extra int(11) DEFAULT NULL, KEY idx (col4(10)) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; insert t1 values (repeat('1', 8193),3,1,1); insert t1 values (repeat('3', 8193),3,1,1); ALTER TABLE t1 ADD PRIMARY KEY (col4(10)) , ADD UNIQUE KEY uidx (col3); ERROR 23000: Duplicate entry '1' for key 'uidx' DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT) ENGINE = InnoDB; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2); ALTER TABLE t1 ADD PRIMARY KEY (a); ALTER TABLE t1 DROP PRIMARY KEY; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2); ALTER TABLE t1 ADD PRIMARY KEY (a); ERROR 23000: Duplicate entry '2' for key 'PRIMARY' DROP TABLE t1;