# Create the old-version of the table call mtr.add_suppression(".*Incorrect definition of table mysql.column_stats:.*"); alter table mysql.column_stats rename test.t1; CREATE TABLE mysql.column_stats ( `db_name` varchar(64) COLLATE utf8mb3_bin NOT NULL, `table_name` varchar(64) COLLATE utf8mb3_bin NOT NULL, `column_name` varchar(64) COLLATE utf8mb3_bin NOT NULL, `min_value` varbinary(255) DEFAULT NULL, `max_value` varbinary(255) DEFAULT NULL, `nulls_ratio` decimal(12,4) DEFAULT NULL, `avg_length` decimal(12,4) DEFAULT NULL, `avg_frequency` decimal(12,4) DEFAULT NULL, `hist_size` tinyint(3) unsigned DEFAULT NULL, `hist_type` enum('SINGLE_PREC_HB','DOUBLE_PREC_HB') COLLATE utf8mb3_bin DEFAULT NULL, `histogram` varbinary(255) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`db_name`,`table_name`,`column_name`) ) ENGINE=Aria DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb3 COLLATE=utf8mb3_bin PAGE_CHECKSUM=1 TRANSACTIONAL=0 COMMENT='Statistics on Columns'; create table t0(a int); insert into t0 values (0),(1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(9); INSERT INTO mysql.column_stats VALUES ('test','t0','a','0','9',0.0000,4.0000,1.0000,5,'DOUBLE_PREC_HB', x'5555AAAA00'); flush tables; analyze select * from t0 where a<3; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows r_rows filtered r_filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE t0 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 10 10.00 100.00 30.00 Using where # restart select hex(histogram) from mysql.column_stats where table_name='t0' and db_name='test'; hex(histogram) 5555AAAA00 analyze select * from t0 where a<3; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows r_rows filtered r_filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE t0 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 10 10.00 100.00 30.00 Using where create table t2 (a int); # This currently just pretends that the histogram was collected. analyze table t2 persistent for all; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t2 analyze status Engine-independent statistics collected test.t2 analyze status Table is already up to date select * from mysql.column_stats where table_name='t2' and db_name='test'; db_name table_name column_name min_value max_value nulls_ratio avg_length avg_frequency hist_size hist_type histogram analyze select * from t0 where a<3; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows r_rows filtered r_filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE t0 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 10 10.00 33.33 30.00 Using where drop table t0, t1, t2;