# # test sort,min and max on binary fields # create table t1 (name char(20) not null, primary key (name)); create table t2 (name char(20) binary not null, primary key (name)); insert into t1 values ("å"); insert into t1 values ("ä"); insert into t1 values ("ö"); insert into t2 select * from t1; select * from t1 order by name; select concat("*",name,"*") from t1 order by 1; select min(name),min(concat("*",name,"*")),max(name),max(concat("*",name,"*")) from t1; select * from t2 order by name; select concat("*",name,"*") from t2 order by 1; select min(name),min(concat("*",name,"*")),max(name),max(concat("*",name,"*")) from t2; select name from t1 where name between 'Ä' and 'Ö'; select name from t2 where name between 'ä' and 'ö'; select name from t2 where name between 'Ä' and 'Ö'; drop table t1,t2; # # Test of binary and normal strings # create table t1 (a char(10) not null, b char(10) binary not null,index (a)); insert into t1 values ("hello ","hello "),("hello2 ","hello2 "); select * from t1 where a="hello "; select * from t1 where b="hello "; select * from t1 where b="hello"; drop table t1;