Bug #49881 alter table on partition table will lock the table, no queries can read
Submitted: 22 Dec 2009 16:20 Modified: 4 Jan 2011 23:50
Reporter: Chris C Email Updates:
Status: Won't fix Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Partitions Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:5.1.41, 5.1.42, 5.5 OS:Any
Assigned to: Mattias Jonsson CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: regression

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