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 79; Log_name Pos Event_type Server_id Orig_log_pos Info master-bin.000001 79 User var 1 79 @`a b`=_latin1 0x68656C6C6F COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci master-bin.000001 120 Query 1 120 use `test`; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(@`a b`) master-bin.000001 184 User var 1 184 @`var1`=_latin1 0x273B616161 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci master-bin.000001 226 User var 1 226 @`var2`=_latin1 0x61 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci master-bin.000001 264 Query 1 264 use `test`; insert into t1 values (@var1),(@var2) /*!40019 SET @@session.max_insert_delayed_threads=0*/; SET @`a b`:=_latin1 0x68656C6C6F COLLATE `latin1_swedish_ci`; use test; SET TIMESTAMP=10000; 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); drop table t1;