drop table if exists t1,t2,t3; create table T1 (id int primary key, Word varchar(40) not null, Index(Word)); INSERT INTO T1 VALUES (1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c'); SELECT * FROM t1; id Word 1 a 2 b 3 c RENAME TABLE T1 TO T2; ALTER TABLE T2 ADD new_col int not null; ALTER TABLE T2 RENAME T3; show tables like 't_'; Tables_in_test (t_) t3 drop table t3;