Testing server 'MySQL 3.23.8 alpha' at 2000-01-04 20:05:06 Testing of ALTER TABLE Testing with 255 columns and 1000 rows in 20 steps Insert data into the table Time for insert (1000) 1 wallclock secs ( 1.21 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU) Time for alter_table_add (247): 31 wallclock secs (30.48 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU) Time for create_index (8): 2 wallclock secs ( 2.09 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU) Time for drop_index (8): 2 wallclock secs ( 1.98 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU) Time for alter_table_drop (124): 21 wallclock secs (21.25 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU) Total time: 57 wallclock secs (57.17 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU)