DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a , b ) ENGINE= ; 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= ; SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 't1'; Name Engine Version Row_format Rows Avg_row_length Data_length Max_data_length Index_length Data_free Auto_increment Create_time Update_time Check_time Collation Checksum Create_options Comment Max_index_length Temporary t1 # # # # # # # # # 1 # # # # # # # # N INSERT INTO t1 (c) VALUES ('a'),('b'),('c'); SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 't1'; Name Engine Version Row_format Rows Avg_row_length Data_length Max_data_length Index_length Data_free Auto_increment Create_time Update_time Check_time Collation Checksum Create_options Comment Max_index_length Temporary t1 # # # # # # # # # 4 # # # # # # # # N TRUNCATE TABLE t1; SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 't1'; Name Engine Version Row_format Rows Avg_row_length Data_length Max_data_length Index_length Data_free Auto_increment Create_time Update_time Check_time Collation Checksum Create_options Comment Max_index_length Temporary t1 # # # # # # # # # 1 # # # # # # # # N INSERT INTO t1 (c) VALUES ('d'); SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 't1'; Name Engine Version Row_format Rows Avg_row_length Data_length Max_data_length Index_length Data_free Auto_increment Create_time Update_time Check_time Collation Checksum Create_options Comment Max_index_length Temporary t1 # # # # # # # # # 2 # # # # # # # # N SELECT a,c FROM t1; a c 1 d DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a , b ) ENGINE= ; INSERT INTO t1 (a,b) VALUES (1,'a'),(2,'b'),(3,'c'); HANDLER t1 OPEN AS h1; HANDLER h1 READ FIRST; a b 1 a TRUNCATE TABLE t1; HANDLER h1 READ NEXT; ERROR 42S02: Unknown table 'h1' in HANDLER HANDLER t1 OPEN AS h2; HANDLER h2 READ FIRST; a b DROP TABLE t1;