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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-20801

Increasing VARCHAR length is not reflected in Innodb_instant_alter_column status variable

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      In cases when instant modification of VARCHAR length is supported, the operation succeeds, but the value of Innodb_instant_alter_column is not increased. There are many ways to reproduce it, here is an example of such supported ALTER directly from the documentation:

      --source include/have_innodb.inc
       
      CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE tab (
         a int PRIMARY KEY,
         b varchar(50),
         c varchar(50)
      ) ENGINE=InnoDB CHARACTER SET=latin1;
       
      SET SESSION alter_algorithm='INSTANT';
       
      show status like '%instant%';
      ALTER TABLE tab MODIFY COLUMN c varchar(100);
      show status like '%instant%';
       
      # Cleanup
      DROP TABLE tab;
      

      10.4 c3394870

      show status like '%instant%';
      Variable_name	Value
      Innodb_instant_alter_column	0
      ALTER TABLE tab MODIFY COLUMN c varchar(100);
      show status like '%instant%';
      Variable_name	Value
      Innodb_instant_alter_column	0
      

      Also reproducible on 10.5.

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