Comments - Instant ADD COLUMN for InnoDB

2 years, 2 months ago Søren Therkildsen

Are there limitations to using the INSTANT algorithm not stated here. I had an issue where I could not add a column to a table using INSTANT. The error message read that I could not change the type of a column even though I was just adding it.

See further details here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70680625/why-is-my-mariadb-not-adding-a-column-to-a-large-table-using-the-instant-algorit

 
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