diff --git a/go/logic/inspect.go b/go/logic/inspect.go
index bbf375f..b70f900 100644
--- a/go/logic/inspect.go
+++ b/go/logic/inspect.go
@@ -121,10 +121,33 @@ func (this *Inspector) inspectOriginalAndGhostTables() (err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if len(sharedUniqueKeys) == 0 {
+	for i, sharedUniqueKey := range sharedUniqueKeys {
+		this.applyColumnTypes(this.migrationContext.DatabaseName, this.migrationContext.OriginalTableName, &sharedUniqueKey.Columns)
+		uniqueKeyIsValid := true
+		for _, column := range sharedUniqueKey.Columns.Columns() {
+			switch column.Type {
+			case sql.FloatColumnType:
+				{
+					log.Warning("Will not use %+v as shared key due to FLOAT data type", sharedUniqueKey.Name)
+					uniqueKeyIsValid = false
+				}
+			case sql.JSONColumnType:
+				{
+					// Noteworthy that at this time MySQL does not allow JSON indexing anyhow, but this code
+					// will remain in place to potentially handle the future case where JSON is supported in indexes.
+					log.Warning("Will not use %+v as shared key due to JSON data type", sharedUniqueKey.Name)
+					uniqueKeyIsValid = false
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if uniqueKeyIsValid {
+			this.migrationContext.UniqueKey = sharedUniqueKeys[i]
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if this.migrationContext.UniqueKey == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("No shared unique key can be found after ALTER! Bailing out")
 	}
-	this.migrationContext.UniqueKey = sharedUniqueKeys[0]
 	log.Infof("Chosen shared unique key is %s", this.migrationContext.UniqueKey.Name)
 	if this.migrationContext.UniqueKey.HasNullable {
 		if this.migrationContext.NullableUniqueKeyAllowed {
@@ -553,6 +576,11 @@ func (this *Inspector) applyColumnTypes(databaseName, tableName string, columnsL
 				columnsList.GetColumn(columnName).Type = sql.JSONColumnType
 			}
 		}
+		if strings.Contains(columnType, "float") {
+			for _, columnsList := range columnsLists {
+				columnsList.GetColumn(columnName).Type = sql.FloatColumnType
+			}
+		}
 		if strings.HasPrefix(columnType, "enum") {
 			for _, columnsList := range columnsLists {
 				columnsList.GetColumn(columnName).Type = sql.EnumColumnType
diff --git a/go/sql/types.go b/go/sql/types.go
index fd6b01d..15a99ff 100644
--- a/go/sql/types.go
+++ b/go/sql/types.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const (
 	EnumColumnType                 = iota
 	MediumIntColumnType            = iota
 	JSONColumnType                 = iota
+	FloatColumnType                = iota
 )
 
 const maxMediumintUnsigned int32 = 16777215
diff --git a/localtests/fail-float-unique-key/create.sql b/localtests/fail-float-unique-key/create.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a20d397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/localtests/fail-float-unique-key/create.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+drop table if exists gh_ost_test;
+create table gh_ost_test (
+  f float,
+  i int not null,
+  ts timestamp default current_timestamp,
+  dt datetime,
+  key i_idx(i),
+  unique key f_uidx(f)
+) auto_increment=1;
+
+drop event if exists gh_ost_test;
diff --git a/localtests/fail-float-unique-key/expect_failure b/localtests/fail-float-unique-key/expect_failure
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4373a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/localtests/fail-float-unique-key/expect_failure
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+No shared unique key can be found
diff --git a/localtests/no-unique-key/extra_args b/localtests/fail-float-unique-key/extra_args
similarity index 100%
rename from localtests/no-unique-key/extra_args
rename to localtests/fail-float-unique-key/extra_args
diff --git a/localtests/no-unique-key/create.sql b/localtests/fail-no-unique-key/create.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from localtests/no-unique-key/create.sql
rename to localtests/fail-no-unique-key/create.sql
diff --git a/localtests/no-unique-key/expect_failure b/localtests/fail-no-unique-key/expect_failure
similarity index 100%
rename from localtests/no-unique-key/expect_failure
rename to localtests/fail-no-unique-key/expect_failure
diff --git a/localtests/fail-no-unique-key/extra_args b/localtests/fail-no-unique-key/extra_args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b13e72c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/localtests/fail-no-unique-key/extra_args
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--alter="add column v varchar(32)"