Testing server 'MySQL 3.23.29 gamma' at 2000-12-17 0:18:01 Testing of ALTER TABLE Testing with 1000 columns and 1000 rows in 20 steps Insert data into the table Time for insert (1000) 3 wallclock secs ( 0.42 usr 0.57 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU) Time for alter_table_add (992): 1482 wallclock secs ( 1.50 usr 0.71 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU) Time for create_index (8): 24 wallclock secs ( 0.00 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU) Time for drop_index (8): 24 wallclock secs ( 0.00 usr 0.01 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU) Time for alter_table_drop (496): 1066 wallclock secs ( 0.71 usr 0.32 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU) Total time: 2599 wallclock secs ( 2.67 usr 1.62 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU)