stop slave; drop table if exists t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6,t7,t8,t9; reset master; reset slave; drop table if exists t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6,t7,t8,t9; start slave; create table t1 (a int); insert into t1 values (10); create table t2 (a int); create table t3 (a int) engine=merge union(t1); create table t4 (a int); insert into t4 select * from t3; rename table t1 to t5, t2 to t1; flush no_write_to_binlog tables; show binlog events; Log_name Pos Event_type Server_id Orig_log_pos Info master-bin.000001 4 Start 1 4 Server ver: SERVER_VERSION, Binlog ver: 3 master-bin.000001 79 Query 1 79 use `test`; create table t1 (a int) master-bin.000001 137 Query 1 137 use `test`; insert into t1 values (10) master-bin.000001 198 Query 1 198 use `test`; create table t2 (a int) master-bin.000001 256 Query 1 256 use `test`; create table t3 (a int) engine=merge union(t1) master-bin.000001 337 Query 1 337 use `test`; create table t4 (a int) master-bin.000001 395 Query 1 395 use `test`; insert into t4 select * from t3 master-bin.000001 461 Query 1 461 use `test`; rename table t1 to t5, t2 to t1 select * from t3; a flush tables; show binlog events; Log_name Pos Event_type Server_id Orig_log_pos Info master-bin.000001 4 Start 1 4 Server ver: SERVER_VERSION, Binlog ver: 3 master-bin.000001 79 Query 1 79 use `test`; create table t1 (a int) master-bin.000001 137 Query 1 137 use `test`; insert into t1 values (10) master-bin.000001 198 Query 1 198 use `test`; create table t2 (a int) master-bin.000001 256 Query 1 256 use `test`; create table t3 (a int) engine=merge union(t1) master-bin.000001 337 Query 1 337 use `test`; create table t4 (a int) master-bin.000001 395 Query 1 395 use `test`; insert into t4 select * from t3 master-bin.000001 461 Query 1 461 use `test`; rename table t1 to t5, t2 to t1 master-bin.000001 527 Query 1 527 use `test`; flush tables select * from t3; a stop slave; drop table t1; flush tables with read lock; start slave; stop slave; ERROR HY000: Can't execute the given command because you have active locked tables or an active transaction