Movatterモバイル変換

Before the introduction ofonline DDL, it was common practice to combine many DDL operations into a singleALTER TABLE statement. Because eachALTER TABLE statement involved copying and rebuilding the table, it was more efficient to make several changes to the same table at once, since those changes could all be done with a single rebuild operation for the table. The downside was that SQL code involving DDL operations was harder to maintain and to reuse in different scripts. If the specific changes were different each time, you might have to construct a new complexALTER TABLE for each slightly different scenario.

For DDL operations that can be done in place, you can separate them into individualALTER TABLE statements for easier scripting and maintenance, without sacrificing efficiency. For example, you might take a complicated statement such as:

ALTER TABLE t1 ADD INDEX i1(c1), ADD UNIQUE INDEX i2(c2),  CHANGE c4_old_name c4_new_name INTEGER UNSIGNED;

and break it down into simpler parts that can be tested and performed independently, such as:

ALTER TABLE t1 ADD INDEX i1(c1);ALTER TABLE t1 ADD UNIQUE INDEX i2(c2);ALTER TABLE t1 CHANGE c4_old_name c4_new_name INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL;

You might still use multi-partALTER TABLE statements for: