Bug #7472 Renaming column name not reflecting in indices/foreign keys
Submitted: 22 Dec 2004 5:28 Modified: 25 Aug 2005 11:28
Reporter: Mark Junker Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Query Browser Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:1.1.3 OS:Windows (WinXP Pro SP2)
Assigned to: Vladimir Kolesnikov CPU Architecture:Any

[22 Dec 2004 5:28] Mark Junker
Description:
Hi,

when you rename a column in the "Table Editor" window, the column name will not change in foreign keys and non-primary indices.

Regards,
Mark

How to repeat:
1. Create a table with the following statement:

CREATE TABLE `test`.`test5` (
  `test5_id` INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `test6` INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY(`test5_id`)
)
TYPE = InnoDB;

2. Open the table editor window for this newly created table.
3. Create new index (Index_2) with 'test6' as index column.
4. Rename the column 'test6' to 'test6_x'
5. Apply the changes

The statement you get is:
ALTER TABLE `test`.`test5` CHANGE COLUMN `test6` `test6_x` INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 ADD INDEX `Index_2`(`test6`);

But the correct statement would be:
ALTER TABLE `test`.`test5` CHANGE COLUMN `test6` `test6_x` INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 ADD INDEX `Index_2`(`test6_x`);
[22 Dec 2004 14:16] MySQL Verification Team
Verified with v1.1.4
[25 Aug 2005 11:28] Vladimir Kolesnikov
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