create table t1 (a varchar(50)); reset master; SET TIMESTAMP=10000; SET @`a b`='hello'; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(@`a b`); set @var1= "';aaa"; SET @var2=char(ascii('a')); insert into t1 values (@var1),(@var2); show binlog events from 98; Log_name Pos Event_type Server_id End_log_pos Info master-bin.000001 98 User var 1 139 @`a b`=_latin1 0x68656C6C6F COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci master-bin.000001 139 Query 1 231 use `test`; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(@`a b`) master-bin.000001 231 User var 1 273 @`var1`=_latin1 0x273B616161 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci master-bin.000001 273 User var 1 311 @`var2`=_latin1 0x61 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci master-bin.000001 311 Query 1 411 use `test`; insert into t1 values (@var1),(@var2) /*!40019 SET @@session.max_insert_delayed_threads=0*/; /*!50003 SET @OLD_COMPLETION_TYPE=@@COMPLETION_TYPE,COMPLETION_TYPE=0*/; ROLLBACK; SET @`a b`:=_latin1 0x68656C6C6F COLLATE `latin1_swedish_ci`; use test; SET TIMESTAMP=10000; SET @@session.foreign_key_checks=1, @@session.sql_auto_is_null=1, @@session.unique_checks=1; SET @@session.sql_mode=0; SET @@session.character_set_client=8,@@session.collation_connection=8,@@session.collation_server=8; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(@`a b`); SET @`var1`:=_latin1 0x273B616161 COLLATE `latin1_swedish_ci`; SET @`var2`:=_latin1 0x61 COLLATE `latin1_swedish_ci`; SET TIMESTAMP=10000; insert into t1 values (@var1),(@var2); ROLLBACK; /*!50003 SET COMPLETION_TYPE=@OLD_COMPLETION_TYPE*/; drop table t1;