drop table if exists t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT, b INT AUTO_INCREMENT, KEY ka(a), KEY kb(a,b), PRIMARY KEY(b)) ENGINE=xengine; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `b` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, PRIMARY KEY (`b`), KEY `ka` (`a`), KEY `kb` (`a`,`b`) ) ENGINE=XENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_general_ci INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (1); INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (3); INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (5); ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX ka, ALGORITHM=INPLACE; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `b` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, PRIMARY KEY (`b`), KEY `kb` (`a`,`b`) ) ENGINE=XENGINE AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_general_ci SELECT * FROM t1 FORCE INDEX(ka) where a > 1; ERROR 42000: Key 'ka' doesn't exist in table 't1' SELECT * FROM t1 FORCE INDEX(kb) where a > 1; a b 3 2 5 3 SELECT * FROM t1 where b > 1; a b 3 2 5 3 DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT AUTO_INCREMENT, b INT, c INT, KEY kb(b), KEY kbc(b,c), KEY kc(c), PRIMARY KEY(a)) ENGINE=xengine; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a`), KEY `kb` (`b`), KEY `kbc` (`b`,`c`), KEY `kc` (`c`) ) ENGINE=XENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_general_ci INSERT INTO t1 (b,c) VALUES (1,2); INSERT INTO t1 (b,c) VALUES (3,4); INSERT INTO t1 (b,c) VALUES (5,6); ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX kb, DROP INDEX kbc, ALGORITHM=INPLACE; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a`), KEY `kc` (`c`) ) ENGINE=XENGINE AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_general_ci # restart SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a`), KEY `kc` (`c`) ) ENGINE=XENGINE AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_general_ci INSERT INTO t1 (b,c) VALUES (1,2); INSERT INTO t1 (b,c) VALUES (3,4); INSERT INTO t1 (b,c) VALUES (5,6); SELECT * FROM t1 FORCE INDEX(kc) where c > 3; a b c 2 3 4 3 5 6 5 3 4 6 5 6 SELECT * FROM t1 where b > 3; a b c 3 5 6 6 5 6 DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT, b INT, c INT, KEY kb(b), KEY kbc(b,c), KEY kc(c), PRIMARY KEY(a)) ENGINE=xengine; SHOW INDEX IN t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment Visible Expression t1 0 PRIMARY 1 a A 0 NULL NULL SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL t1 1 kb 1 b A 0 NULL NULL YES SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL t1 1 kbc 1 b A 0 NULL NULL YES SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL t1 1 kbc 2 c A 0 NULL NULL YES SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL t1 1 kc 1 c A 0 NULL NULL YES SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX kb, DROP INDEX kbc, ALGORITHM=INPLACE; SHOW INDEX IN t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment Visible Expression t1 0 PRIMARY 1 a A 0 NULL NULL SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL t1 1 kc 1 c A 0 NULL NULL YES SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL ALTER TABLE t1 DROP PRIMARY KEY; SHOW INDEX IN t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment Visible Expression t1 1 kc 1 c A 0 NULL NULL YES SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX kc, ALGORITHM=INPLACE; SHOW INDEX IN t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment Visible Expression DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT AUTO_INCREMENT, b INT, c INT, PRIMARY KEY(a)) ENGINE=xengine; ALTER TABLE t1 ADD UNIQUE INDEX kb(b); ALTER TABLE t1 ADD UNIQUE INDEX kbc(b,c); ALTER TABLE t1 ADD UNIQUE INDEX kc(c); SHOW INDEX IN t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment Visible Expression t1 0 PRIMARY 1 a A 0 NULL NULL SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL t1 0 kb 1 b A 0 NULL NULL YES SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL t1 0 kbc 1 b A 0 NULL NULL YES SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL t1 0 kbc 2 c A 0 NULL NULL YES SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL t1 0 kc 1 c A 0 NULL NULL YES SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX kb, DROP INDEX kbc; SHOW INDEX IN t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment Visible Expression t1 0 PRIMARY 1 a A 0 NULL NULL SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL t1 0 kc 1 c A 0 NULL NULL YES SE_SPECIFIC YES NULL # restart INSERT INTO t1 (b,c) VALUES (1,2); INSERT INTO t1 (b,c) VALUES (3,4); INSERT INTO t1 (b,c) VALUES (5,6); SELECT * FROM t1 FORCE INDEX(kc) where c > 3; a b c 2 3 4 3 5 6 ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX kc, ALGORITHM=INPLACE; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a`) ) ENGINE=XENGINE AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_general_ci DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS t1 (col1 INT, col2 INT, col3 INT); INSERT INTO t1 (col1,col2,col3) VALUES (1,2,3); ALTER TABLE t1 ADD KEY idx ( col1, col2 ); ANALYZE TABLE t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 analyze status OK ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN col2; ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN col3; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS t1 (col1 INT, col2 INT, col3 INT); INSERT INTO t1 (col1,col2,col3) VALUES (1,2,3); ALTER TABLE t1 ADD KEY idx ( col1, col2 ); ANALYZE TABLE t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 analyze status OK ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN col2; ALTER TABLE t1 DROP COLUMN col3; DROP TABLE t1;