select database(); database() test select charset(database()); charset(database()) utf8 select database() = "test"; database() = "test" 1 select database() = _utf8"test"; database() = _utf8"test" 1 select database() = _latin1"test"; database() = _latin1"test" 1 select user() like "%@%"; user() like "%@%" 1 select user() like _utf8"%@%"; user() like _utf8"%@%" 1 select user() like _latin1"%@%"; user() like _latin1"%@%" 1 select charset(user()); charset(user()) utf8 select version()>="3.23.29"; version()>="3.23.29" 1 select version()>=_utf8"3.23.29"; version()>=_utf8"3.23.29" 1 select version()>=_latin1"3.23.29"; version()>=_latin1"3.23.29" 1 select charset(version()); charset(version()) utf8 explain extended select database(), user(); id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL No tables used Warnings: Note 1003 select sql_no_cache database() AS `database()`,user() AS `user()` create table t1 (version char(40)) select database(), user(), version() as 'version'; show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `database()` char(34) character set utf8 default NULL, `user()` char(77) character set utf8 NOT NULL default '', `version` char(40) default NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 drop table t1; select charset(charset(_utf8'a')), charset(collation(_utf8'a')); charset(charset(_utf8'a')) charset(collation(_utf8'a')) utf8 utf8 select collation(charset(_utf8'a')), collation(collation(_utf8'a')); collation(charset(_utf8'a')) collation(collation(_utf8'a')) utf8_general_ci utf8_general_ci create table t1 select charset(_utf8'a'), collation(_utf8'a'); show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `charset(_utf8'a')` char(64) character set utf8 NOT NULL default '', `collation(_utf8'a')` char(64) character set utf8 NOT NULL default '' ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 drop table t1; select TRUE,FALSE,NULL; TRUE FALSE NULL 1 0 NULL