drop table if exists t1; create table t1 (id int auto_increment primary key not null, mydate date not null); insert into t1 values (0,"2002-05-01"),(0,"2002-05-01"),(0,"2002-05-01"); flush tables; select * from t1 where isnull(to_days(mydate)); id mydate drop table t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (id INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, PRIMARY KEY(id)); INSERT INTO t1( id ) VALUES ( NULL ); SELECT t1.id FROM t1 WHERE (id is not null and id is null ); id DROP TABLE t1;