DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test.t1; CREATE TABLE test.t1(id INT); SELECT COUNT(*) FROM test.t1; COUNT(*) 0 DELETE FROM test.t1; INSERT INTO test.t1 VALUES (1), (2), (3); SELECT COUNT(*) FROM test.t1; COUNT(*) 3 UPDATE test.t1 SET id = 0; CREATE TABLE test.new_table(id int) ENGINE=MyISAM; INSERT INTO test.new_table VALUES (1), (2); DROP TABLE test.new_table; INSERT INTO test.t1 VALUES (1); INSERT INTO test.t1 VALUES (1); INSERT INTO test.t1 VALUES (1); INSERT INTO test.t1 VALUES (1); INSERT INTO test.t1 VALUES (1); INSERT INTO test.t1 VALUES (1); INSERT INTO test.t1 VALUES (1); INSERT INTO test.t1 VALUES (1); SHOW STATUS LIKE 'COM_INSERT'; Variable_name Value Com_insert 10 SHOW STATUS LIKE 'COM_LOAD'; Variable_name Value Com_load 0 DROP TABLE test.t1;