MySQL Bugs: #58390: Fast ALTER TABLE for column rename not working for InnoDB

Bug #58390	Fast ALTER TABLE for column rename not working for InnoDB
Submitted:	22 Nov 2010 16:00	Modified:	11 Apr 2013 18:48
Reporter:	Rene' Cannao'	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Documentation	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.1.46sp1	OS:	Any
Assigned to:	John Russell	CPU Architecture:	Any

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Description:
According to the Manual at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/alter-table.html , "Renaming a column" is a “fast” ALTER TABLE.

This is not true for InnoDB.
Follow up from bug #57832 where is possible to find more details.

How to repeat:
Seen bug #57832

Suggested fix:
 Update documentation

The description references bug #57832 but that must be a typo, that bug is unrelated to this one.

Please provide the correct bug number for the referenced bug.

Actually, the ALTER TABLE section now says:

"Renaming a column, except for the InnoDB storage engine."

Therefore, closing this bug report.