Some Compact/Redundant Format Tables Cannot be Accessed After Upgrade to MYSQL 8.0: ERROR 1709 (HY000): Index column size too large. The maximum column size is 767 bytes (Doc ID 2926073.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 12, 2023

Applies to:

MySQL Server - Version 8.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

After upgrade from 5.6.x/5.7.x to 8.0.x some tables cannot be opened at all, yielding

Check Table <SCHEMA>.<TABLE> fails like this :

Server was upgraded to 8.0.

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