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Created August 3, 2011 19:17
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mysql-ddl.sql
CREATE TABLE for_ddl LIKE foo;
insert into for_ddl select * from foo WHERE ...;
ALTER TABLE for_ddl DROP INDEX bar;
more ddl...
RENAME TABLE foo TO old_foo;
RENAME TABLE for_ddl TO foo;
DROP TABLE old_foo;
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tinnet commented Aug 3, 2011

RENAME TABLE foo TO foo_old, foo_new TO foo;
is atomic & transactional, no need to lock

but this is missing the "copy the data part", which is the real problem, no? :)

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alkema commented Aug 3, 2011

yes. updated.

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