DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a ) ENGINE= PARTITION BY HASH(a) PARTITIONS 2; INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (1),(2),(2),(3),(4); ALTER TABLE t1 ADD PARTITION PARTITIONS 2; EXPLAIN PARTiTIONS SELECT a FROM t1 WHERE a = 3; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 p3 # # # # # # # ALTER TABLE t1 COALESCE PARTITION 1; EXPLAIN PARTiTIONS SELECT a FROM t1 WHERE a = 3; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 p0 # # # # # # # ALTER TABLE t1 REORGANIZE PARTITION; EXPLAIN PARTiTIONS SELECT a FROM t1 WHERE a = 2; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 p0 # # # # # # # ALTER TABLE t1 REBUILD PARTITION p0; EXPLAIN PARTiTIONS SELECT a FROM t1; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 p0 # # # # # # # ALTER TABLE t1 REMOVE PARTITIONING; EXPLAIN PARTiTIONS SELECT a FROM t1; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 NULL # # # # # # # ALTER TABLE t1 PARTITION BY LIST(a) (PARTITION p0 VALUES IN (1,2,3), PARTITION p1 VALUES IN (101,102)); ERROR HY000: Table has no partition for value 4 ALTER TABLE t1 PARTITION BY LIST(a) (PARTITION p0 VALUES IN (1,2,3,4), PARTITION p1 VALUES IN (101,102)); INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (50); ERROR HY000: Table has no partition for value 50 ALTER TABLE t1 ADD PARTITION (PARTITION p2 VALUES IN (50,51)); INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (50); ALTER TABLE t1 DROP PARTITION p1; ALTER TABLE t1 REORGANIZE PARTITION p0, p2 INTO (PARTITION p0 VALUES IN (1,2,3), PARTITION p1 VALUES IN (4), PARTITION p2 VALUES IN (50,51), PARTITION p3 VALUES IN (101,102)); EXPLAIN PARTiTIONS SELECT a FROM t1 WHERE a = 2; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 p0 # # # # # # # DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a , b ) ENGINE= PARTITION BY LIST(a) SUBPARTITION by HASH(b) ( PARTITION abc VALUES IN (1,2,3), PARTITION def VALUES IN (100,101,102) ); ALTER TABLE t1 DROP PARTITION abc; DROP TABLE t1;