DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a , b ) ENGINE= PARTITION BY HASH(a) PARTITIONS 2; TRUNCATE TABLE t1; INSERT INTO t1 (a,b) VALUES (1,'a'), (2,'b'), (3,'c'); TRUNCATE TABLE t1; SELECT a,b FROM t1; a b DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, c ) ENGINE= PARTITION BY HASH(a) PARTITIONS 2; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `c` char(8) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a`) ) ENGINE= DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 PARTITION BY HASH (`a`) PARTITIONS 2 INSERT INTO t1 (c) VALUES ('a'),('b'),('c'); SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `c` char(8) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a`) ) ENGINE= AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 PARTITION BY HASH (`a`) PARTITIONS 2 TRUNCATE TABLE t1; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `c` char(8) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a`) ) ENGINE= DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 PARTITION BY HASH (`a`) PARTITIONS 2 INSERT INTO t1 (c) VALUES ('d'); SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `c` char(8) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a`) ) ENGINE= AUTO_INCREMENT=2 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 PARTITION BY HASH (`a`) PARTITIONS 2 SELECT a,c FROM t1; a c 1 d DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a , b ) ENGINE= PARTITION BY HASH(a) PARTITIONS 2; INSERT INTO t1 (a,b) VALUES (1,'a'),(2,'b'),(3,'c'),(2,'d'),(4,'e'),(100,'f'),(101,'g'); ALTER TABLE t1 TRUNCATE PARTITION p0; SELECT a,b FROM t1; a b 1 a 101 g 3 c EXPLAIN PARTITIONS SELECT a,b FROM t1; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 p0,p1 # # # # # # INSERT INTO t1 (a,b) VALUES (1,'a'), (2,'b'), (3,'c'); ALTER TABLE t1 TRUNCATE PARTITION ALL; SELECT a,b FROM t1; a b DROP TABLE t1;