eval create table t1 (a tinyint unsigned not null, primary key(a)) engine=$engine partition by key (a) ( partition pa1 max_rows=20 min_rows=2, partition pa2 max_rows=30 min_rows=3, partition pa3 max_rows=30 min_rows=4, partition pa4 max_rows=40 min_rows=2); show create table t1; insert into t1 values (255), (254), (253), (252), (1), (2), (128); --sorted_result select * from t1; select * from t1 where a=253; delete from t1 where a=253; --sorted_result select * from t1; drop table t1; eval create table t2 (a tinyint unsigned not null, primary key(a)) engine=$engine partition by key (a) partitions 8; show create table t2; insert into t2 values (255), (254), (253), (252); --sorted_result select * from t2; select * from t2 where a=253; delete from t2 where a=253; --sorted_result select * from t2; delete from t2; let $count=255; --echo 255 inserts; --disable_query_log while ($count) { eval insert into t2 values ($count); dec $count; } --enable_query_log select count(*) from t2; drop table t2; eval create table t3 (a tinyint not null, primary key(a)) engine=$engine partition by key (a) partitions 7; show create table t3; insert into t3 values (127), (126), (125), (124), (-128), (-127), (1), (-1), (0); --sorted_result select * from t3; select * from t3 where a=125; delete from t3 where a=125; --sorted_result select * from t3; drop table t3;