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Trivial MySQL Variable of the Day

Posted June 18th, 2009 by sheeri

Today's trivial MySQL system variable:

old_alter_table

The interesting bit is that this is a system variable, and shows up in SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES, but is not documented on the Server System Variables manual page.

Instead, it is documented on the manual page for Server options.

Unfortunately, that documentation is very sparse. It tells ...

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