Bug #73009 need ability to specify the default algorithm used for DDL

• Submitted: 15 Jun 2014 9:28
• Reporter: Shane Bester (Platinum Quality Contributor)
• Status: Verified
• Category: MySQL Server: Options
• Severity: S4 (Feature request)
• Version: 5.7.5
• OS: Any
• CPU Architecture: Any

[15 Jun 2014 9:28] Shane Bester

Description:
It may be useful to set the default algorithm to INPLACE so that folks 
do not have to remember to type ALTER TABLE ... ALGORITHM=INPLACE every time.

So please make a global/session variable for this.
The goal is to be able to never execute a long-running ALTER TABLE statement
by mistake.

How to repeat:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/alter-table.html