ALTER TABLE users DROP COLUMN offlineMsgCount; DROP INDEX IF EXISTS idx_offlineMessage_sender; DROP INDEX IF EXISTS idx_offlineMessage_recipient; ALTER TABLE offlineMessage RENAME TO offlineMessage_new; CREATE TABLE offlineMessage ( sender VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, recipient VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, message BLOB NOT NULL, sent TIMESTAMP NOT NULL ); INSERT INTO offlineMessage (sender, recipient, message, sent) SELECT sender, recipient, message, sent FROM offlineMessage_new; DROP TABLE offlineMessage_new;