CREATE TABLE t1 (D INT) ENGINE=innodb; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (10); ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY COLUMN d INT; ALTER TABLE t1 ADD INDEX my_d (d); SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `d` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, KEY `my_d` (`d`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(9); INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM t1; INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM t1; INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM t1; INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM t1; INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM t1; INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM t1; INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM t1; EXPLAIN SELECT d FROM t1 WHERE d = 5; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ref my_d my_d 5 const 128 Using index EXPLAIN SELECT D FROM t1 WHERE D = 5; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ref my_d my_d 5 const 128 Using index ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX my_d; ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY COLUMN D INT; ALTER TABLE t1 ADD INDEX my_d (D); EXPLAIN SELECT d FROM t1 WHERE d = 5; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ref my_d my_d 5 const 128 Using index EXPLAIN SELECT D FROM t1 WHERE D = 5; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ref my_d my_d 5 const 128 Using index SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `D` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, KEY `my_d` (`D`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci DROP TABLE t1;