[doc] expanded fast index creation does online index renaming only?
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Percona Server moved to https://jira.percona.com/projects/PS | Status tracked in 5.7 | |||||
5.1 |
Won't Fix
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Medium
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Hrvoje Matijakovic | |||
5.5 |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Hrvoje Matijakovic | |||
5.6 |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Hrvoje Matijakovic | |||
5.7 |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Hrvoje Matijakovic |
Bug Description
from http://
Percona has implemented several changes related to MySQL‘s fast index creation feature. This feature expands the ALTER TABLE command by adding a new clause that provides online index renaming capability, that is renaming indexes without rebuilding the whole table.
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I am a bit confused by this. I think the feature does not do any renaming indexes, but more what is being described further down: This feature implements a session variable that enables extended fast index creation. Besides optimizing DDL directly, expand_
tags: | added: expand-fast-index-creation |
Yes, that statement about a new ALTER TABLE clause is most likely a remnant from a separate and abandoned Percona Server branch.