diff --git a/ddl/schema.go b/ddl/schema.go
index 12dd8147b5..6b9457045f 100644
--- a/ddl/schema.go
+++ b/ddl/schema.go
@@ -61,27 +61,14 @@ func (d *ddl) onCreateSchema(t *meta.Meta, job *model.Job) error {
 
 	switch dbInfo.State {
 	case model.StateNone:
-		// none -> delete only
-		job.SchemaState = model.StateDeleteOnly
-		dbInfo.State = model.StateDeleteOnly
-		err = t.CreateDatabase(dbInfo)
-		return errors.Trace(err)
-	case model.StateDeleteOnly:
-		// delete only -> write only
-		job.SchemaState = model.StateWriteOnly
-		dbInfo.State = model.StateWriteOnly
-		err = t.UpdateDatabase(dbInfo)
-		return errors.Trace(err)
-	case model.StateWriteOnly:
-		// write only -> public
+		// none -> public
 		job.SchemaState = model.StatePublic
 		dbInfo.State = model.StatePublic
-		err = t.UpdateDatabase(dbInfo)
+		err = t.CreateDatabase(dbInfo)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Trace(err)
 		}
-
-		// finish this job.
+		// finish this job
 		job.State = model.JobDone
 		return nil
 	default:
diff --git a/ddl/table.go b/ddl/table.go
index ddd1903341..123d1efa26 100644
--- a/ddl/table.go
+++ b/ddl/table.go
@@ -60,26 +60,13 @@ func (d *ddl) onCreateTable(t *meta.Meta, job *model.Job) error {
 
 	switch tbInfo.State {
 	case model.StateNone:
-		// none -> delete only
-		job.SchemaState = model.StateDeleteOnly
-		tbInfo.State = model.StateDeleteOnly
-		err = t.CreateTable(schemaID, tbInfo)
-		return errors.Trace(err)
-	case model.StateDeleteOnly:
-		// delete only -> write only
-		job.SchemaState = model.StateWriteOnly
-		tbInfo.State = model.StateWriteOnly
-		err = t.UpdateTable(schemaID, tbInfo)
-		return errors.Trace(err)
-	case model.StateWriteOnly:
-		// write only -> public
+		// none -> public
 		job.SchemaState = model.StatePublic
 		tbInfo.State = model.StatePublic
-		err = t.UpdateTable(schemaID, tbInfo)
+		err = t.CreateTable(schemaID, tbInfo)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Trace(err)
 		}
-
 		// finish this job
 		job.State = model.JobDone
 		return nil
diff --git a/interpreter/main.go b/interpreter/main.go
index 2d0d10fb91..c9a4ddabfb 100644
--- a/interpreter/main.go
+++ b/interpreter/main.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var (
 	logLevel = flag.String("L", "error", "log level")
 	store    = flag.String("store", "goleveldb", "the name for the registered storage, e.g. memory, goleveldb, boltdb")
 	dbPath   = flag.String("dbpath", "test/test", "db path")
-	lease    = flag.Int("lease", 300, "schema lease seconds, very dangerous to change only if you know what you do")
+	lease    = flag.Int("lease", 1, "schema lease seconds, very dangerous to change only if you know what you do")
 
 	line        *liner.State
 	historyPath = "/tmp/tidb_interpreter"
diff --git a/tidb-server/main.go b/tidb-server/main.go
index 5dd6a2dece..caa791b25a 100644
--- a/tidb-server/main.go
+++ b/tidb-server/main.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var (
 	storePath = flag.String("path", "/tmp/tidb", "tidb storage path")
 	logLevel  = flag.String("L", "debug", "log level: info, debug, warn, error, fatal")
 	port      = flag.String("P", "4000", "mp server port")
-	lease     = flag.Int("lease", 300, "schema lease seconds, very dangerous to change only if you know what you do")
+	lease     = flag.Int("lease", 1, "schema lease seconds, very dangerous to change only if you know what you do")
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/tidb.go b/tidb.go
index 395572aca7..7285e0af51 100644
--- a/tidb.go
+++ b/tidb.go
@@ -92,12 +92,13 @@ var (
 	// store.UUID()-> IfBootstrapped
 	storeBootstrapped = make(map[string]bool)
 
-	// SchemaLease is the time(seconds) for re-updating remote schema.
+	// schemaLease is the time for re-updating remote schema.
 	// In online DDL, we must wait 2 * SchemaLease time to guarantee
 	// all servers get the neweset schema.
-	// Default schema lease time is 300 seconds, you can change it with a proper time,
+	// Default schema lease time is 1 second, you can change it with a proper time,
 	// but you must know that too little may cause badly performance degradation.
-	schemaLease = 300 * time.Second
+	// For production, you should set a big schema lease, like 300s+.
+	schemaLease = 1 * time.Second
 )
 
 // SetSchemaLease changes the default schema lease time for DDL.