ALTER TABLE -- really slow!

[altendew]

Hi I really dont understand this check this out..

Field exclude has been dropped (Query took 5.8564 sec)
SQL query:
ALTER TABLE `_teamContest` DROP `exclude`

This table has 0 rows and it takes 6 seconds to drop it??!?

Why would it take so long to drop a row I am quite confised by this.

 

[TonyGroves]

Is this persistent behaviour or just a once-off event?

 

[altendew]

persistent