DROP INDEX
This statement removes an index from a specified table, marking space as free in TiKV.
Synopsis
AlterTableStmt:
AlterTableSpec:
KeyOrIndex:
Identifier:
Examples
mysql> CREATE TABLE t1 (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, c1 INT NOT NULL);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.10 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO t1 (c1) VALUES (1),(2),(3),(4),(5);
Query OK, 5 rows affected (0.02 sec)
Records: 5 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE c1 = 3;
+---------------------+----------+------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| id | count | task | operator info |
+---------------------+----------+------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| TableReader_7 | 10.00 | root | data:Selection_6 |
| └─Selection_6 | 10.00 | cop | eq(test.t1.c1, 3) |
| └─TableScan_5 | 10000.00 | cop | table:t1, range:[-inf,+inf], keep order:false, stats:pseudo |
+---------------------+----------+------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> CREATE INDEX c1 ON t1 (c1);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.30 sec)
mysql> EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE c1 = 3;
+-------------------+-------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| id | count | task | operator info |
+-------------------+-------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| IndexReader_6 | 10.00 | root | index:IndexScan_5 |
| └─IndexScan_5 | 10.00 | cop | table:t1, index:c1, range:[3,3], keep order:false, stats:pseudo |
+-------------------+-------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX c1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.30 sec)
MySQL compatibility
- Dropping the
PRIMARY KEYis not supported.