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#
# Testing indexing with ALTER on inward table (in-place)
#
CREATE TABLE t1 (c INT NOT NULL, d CHAR(10) NOT NULL) ENGINE=CONNECT;
Warnings:
Warning 1105 No table_type. Will be set to DOS
Warning 1105 No file name. Table will use t1.dos
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,'One'), (2,'Two'), (3,'Three');
SELECT * FROM t1;
c d
1 One
2 Two
3 Three
CREATE INDEX xc ON t1(c);
DESCRIBE SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE c = 2;
id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra
1 SIMPLE t1 ref xc xc 4 const 1
DROP INDEX xc ON t1;
CREATE INDEX xd ON t1(d);
DROP INDEX xd ON t1;
ALTER TABLE t1 ADD INDEX xc (c), ADD INDEX xd (d);
SHOW INDEX FROM t1;
Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment
t1 1 xc 1 c A NULL NULL NULL XINDEX
t1 1 xd 1 d A NULL NULL NULL XINDEX
ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX xc, DROP INDEX xd;
SHOW INDEX FROM t1;
Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment
#
# Testing modifying columns inward table (not in-place)
#
ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY COLUMN c CHAR(5) NOT NULL;
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table Create Table
t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` (
`c` char(5) NOT NULL,
`d` char(10) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=CONNECT DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
SELECT * FROM t1;
c d
1 One
2 Two
3 Three
ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY COLUMN c INT NOT NULL;
#
# Fails because indexing must be in-place
#
ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY COLUMN c CHAR(10) NOT NULL, ADD INDEX xd (d);
ERROR 0A000: Alter operations not supported together by CONNECT
#
# Testing changing table type (not in-place)
#
ALTER TABLE t1 TABLE_TYPE=CSV HEADER=1 QUOTED=1;
SELECT * FROM t1;
c d
1 One
2 Two
3 Three
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table Create Table
t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` (
`c` int(11) NOT NULL,
`d` char(10) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=CONNECT DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 `TABLE_TYPE`=CSV `HEADER`=1 `QUOTED`=1
# create an outward table used to see the t1 file
CREATE TABLE t2 (line VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL) ENGINE=CONNECT FILE_NAME='t1.csv';
Warnings:
Warning 1105 No table_type. Will be set to DOS
SELECT * FROM t2;
line
"c","d"
1,"One"
2,"Two"
3,"Three"
#
# Testing changing engine
#
DROP TABLE t1;
CREATE TABLE t1 (c INT NOT NULL, d CHAR(10) NOT NULL) ENGINE=CONNECT;
Warnings:
Warning 1105 No table_type. Will be set to DOS
Warning 1105 No file name. Table will use t1.dos
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,'One'), (2,'Two'), (3,'Three');
ALTER TABLE t1 ADD INDEX xc (c), ADD INDEX xd (d);
ALTER TABLE t1 ENGINE = MYISAM;
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table Create Table
t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` (
`c` int(11) NOT NULL,
`d` char(10) NOT NULL,
KEY `xc` (`c`),
KEY `xd` (`d`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
SHOW INDEX FROM t1;
Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment
t1 1 xc 1 c A NULL NULL NULL BTREE
t1 1 xd 1 d A NULL NULL NULL BTREE
SELECT * FROM t1;
c d
1 One
2 Two
3 Three
ALTER TABLE t1 ENGINE = CONNECT TABLE_TYPE=DBF;
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table Create Table
t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` (
`c` int(11) NOT NULL,
`d` char(10) NOT NULL,
KEY `xc` (`c`),
KEY `xd` (`d`)
) ENGINE=CONNECT DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 `TABLE_TYPE`=DBF
SHOW INDEX FROM t1;
Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment
t1 1 xc 1 c A NULL NULL NULL XINDEX
t1 1 xd 1 d A NULL NULL NULL XINDEX
SELECT * FROM t1;
c d
1 One
2 Two
3 Three
DROP TABLE t1, t2;
#
# Testing ALTER on outward tables
#
CREATE TABLE t1 (c INT NOT NULL, d CHAR(10) NOT NULL) ENGINE=CONNECT TABLE_TYPE=fix FILE_NAME='tf1.txt' ENDING=1;
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,'One'), (2,'Two'), (3,'Three');
SELECT * FROM t1;
c d
1 One
2 Two
3 Three
CREATE TABLE t2 (line VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL) ENGINE=CONNECT FILE_NAME='tf1.txt';
Warnings:
Warning 1105 No table_type. Will be set to DOS
SELECT * FROM t2;
line
1One
2Two
3Three
#
# Indexing works the same
#
ALTER TABLE t1 ADD INDEX xc (c), ADD INDEX xd (d);
SHOW INDEX FROM t1;
Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment
t1 1 xc 1 c A NULL NULL NULL XINDEX
t1 1 xd 1 d A NULL NULL NULL XINDEX
SELECT d FROM t1 WHERE c = 2;
d
Two
ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX xc, DROP INDEX xd;
SHOW INDEX FROM t1;
Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment
#
# Other alterations do not modify the file
#
ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY COLUMN c CHAR(5) NOT NULL;
Warnings:
Warning 1105 This is an outward table, table data were not modified.
SELECT * FROM t2;
line
1One
2Two
3Three
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table Create Table
t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` (
`c` char(5) NOT NULL,
`d` char(10) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=CONNECT DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 `TABLE_TYPE`=fix `FILE_NAME`='tf1.txt' `ENDING`=1
SELECT * FROM t1;
ERROR HY000: Got error 174 'File tf1.txt is not fixed length, len=66 lrecl=16' from CONNECT
ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY COLUMN c INT NOT NULL;
Warnings:
Warning 1105 This is an outward table, table data were not modified.
#
# Changing column order
#
ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY COLUMN c INT NOT NULL AFTER d;
Warnings:
Warning 1105 This is an outward table, table data were not modified.
SELECT * FROM t2;
line
1One
2Two
3Three
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table Create Table
t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` (
`d` char(10) NOT NULL,
`c` int(11) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=CONNECT DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 `TABLE_TYPE`=fix `FILE_NAME`='tf1.txt' `ENDING`=1
# Wrong result
SELECT * FROM t1;
d c
1
2
3
ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY COLUMN c INT NOT NULL FIRST;
Warnings:
Warning 1105 This is an outward table, table data were not modified.
# What should have been done
ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY c INT NOT NULL FLAG=0 AFTER d, MODIFY d CHAR(10) NOT NULL FLAG=11;
Warnings:
Warning 1105 This is an outward table, table data were not modified.
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table Create Table
t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` (
`d` char(10) NOT NULL `FLAG`=11,
`c` int(11) NOT NULL `FLAG`=0
) ENGINE=CONNECT DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 `TABLE_TYPE`=fix `FILE_NAME`='tf1.txt' `ENDING`=1
SELECT * FROM t1;
d c
One 1
Two 2
Three 3
#
# Changing to another engine is Ok
# However, the data file is not deleted.
#
ALTER TABLE t1 ENGINE=MARIA;
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table Create Table
t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` (
`d` char(10) NOT NULL `FLAG`=11,
`c` int(11) NOT NULL `FLAG`=0
) ENGINE=Aria DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 PAGE_CHECKSUM=1 `TABLE_TYPE`=fix `FILE_NAME`='tf1.txt' `ENDING`=1
SELECT * from t1;
d c
One 1
Two 2
Three 3
SELECT * from t2;
line
1One
2Two
3Three
#
# Changing back to CONNECT fails
# Sure enough, the data file was not deleted.
#
ALTER TABLE t1 ENGINE=CONNECT;
ERROR HY000: Operation denied. Table data would be modified.
#
# But changing back to CONNECT succeed
# if the data file does not exist.
#
ALTER TABLE t1 ENGINE=CONNECT;
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table Create Table
t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` (
`d` char(10) NOT NULL `FLAG`=11,
`c` int(11) NOT NULL `FLAG`=0
) ENGINE=CONNECT DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 PAGE_CHECKSUM=1 `TABLE_TYPE`=fix `FILE_NAME`='tf1.txt' `ENDING`=1
SELECT * from t1;
d c
One 1
Two 2
Three 3
SELECT * from t2;
line
1One
2Two
3Three
DROP TABLE t1, t2;
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