Testing server 'MySQL 3.22.18' at 1999-03-07 22:59:02 Testing of ALTER TABLE Testing with 300 columns and 1000 rows in 20 steps Insert data into the table Time for insert (1000) 0 wallclock secs ( 0.06 usr 0.02 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU secs) Time for alter_table_add (293): 21 wallclock secs ( 0.08 usr 0.01 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU secs) Time for create_index (7): 1 wallclock secs ( 0.00 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU secs) Time for drop_index (7): 1 wallclock secs ( 0.00 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU secs) Total time: 23 wallclock secs ( 0.14 usr 0.03 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU secs)