SET STORAGE_ENGINE = 'tokudb'; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS foo; set session tokudb_disable_slow_alter=ON; create table foo (a int)engine=TokuDB; insert into foo values (1),(2),(3); alter table foo add column b blob; select * from foo; a b 1 NULL 2 NULL 3 NULL alter table foo add column c blob NOT NULL; select * from foo; a b c 1 NULL 2 NULL 3 NULL alter table foo add column d blob DEFAULT="asdf"; ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '="asdf"' at line 1 select * from foo; a b c 1 NULL 2 NULL 3 NULL DROP TABLE foo;