drop table if exists t1,t2; 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; name å ä ö select concat("*",name,"*") from t1 order by 1; concat("*",name,"*") *å* *ä* *ö* select min(name),min(concat("*",name,"*")),max(name),max(concat("*",name,"*")) from t1; min(name) min(concat("*",name,"*")) max(name) max(concat("*",name,"*")) å *å* ö *ö* select * from t2 order by name; name ä å ö select concat("*",name,"*") from t2 order by 1; concat("*",name,"*") *ä* *å* *ö* select min(name),min(concat("*",name,"*")),max(name),max(concat("*",name,"*")) from t2; min(name) min(concat("*",name,"*")) max(name) max(concat("*",name,"*")) ä *ä* ö *ö* select name from t1 where name between 'Ä' and 'Ö'; name ä ö select name from t2 where name between 'ä' and 'ö'; name ä å ö select name from t2 where name between 'Ä' and 'Ö'; name drop table t1,t2; create table t1 (a char(10) not null, b char(10) binary not null,key (a), key(b)); insert into t1 values ("hello ","hello "),("hello2 ","hello2 "); select concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") from t1 where a="hello"; concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") -hello-hello- select concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") from t1 where a="hello "; concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") -hello-hello- select concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") from t1 ignore index (a) where a="hello "; concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") -hello-hello- select concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") from t1 where b="hello"; concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") -hello-hello- select concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") from t1 where b="hello "; concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") -hello-hello- select concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") from t1 ignore index (b) where b="hello "; concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") -hello-hello- alter table t1 modify b tinytext not null, drop key b, add key (b(100)); select concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") from t1; concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") -hello-hello- -hello2-hello2- select concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") from t1 where b="hello "; concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") -hello-hello- select concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") from t1 ignore index (b) where b="hello "; concat("-",a,"-",b,"-") -hello-hello- drop table t1; create table t1 (b char(8)); insert into t1 values(NULL); select b from t1 where binary b like ''; b select b from t1 group by binary b like ''; b NULL select b from t1 having binary b like ''; b drop table t1; create table t1 (a char(3) binary, b binary(3)); insert into t1 values ('aaa','bbb'),('AAA','BBB'); select upper(a),upper(b) from t1; upper(a) upper(b) AAA bbb AAA BBB select lower(a),lower(b) from t1; lower(a) lower(b) aaa bbb aaa BBB select * from t1 where upper(a)='AAA'; a b aaa bbb AAA BBB select * from t1 where lower(a)='aaa'; a b aaa bbb AAA BBB select * from t1 where upper(b)='BBB'; a b AAA BBB select * from t1 where lower(b)='bbb'; a b aaa bbb select charset(a), charset(b), charset(binary 'ccc') from t1 limit 1; charset(a) charset(b) charset(binary 'ccc') latin1 binary binary select collation(a), collation(b), collation(binary 'ccc') from t1 limit 1; collation(a) collation(b) collation(binary 'ccc') latin1_bin binary binary drop table t1; create table t1( firstname char(20), lastname char(20)); insert into t1 values ("john","doe"),("John","Doe"); select * from t1 where firstname='john' and firstname like binary 'john'; firstname lastname john doe select * from t1 where firstname='john' and binary 'john' = firstname; firstname lastname john doe select * from t1 where firstname='john' and firstname = binary 'john'; firstname lastname john doe select * from t1 where firstname='John' and firstname like binary 'john'; firstname lastname john doe select * from t1 where firstname='john' and firstname like binary 'John'; firstname lastname John Doe drop table t1; create table t1 (a binary); show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` binary(1) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 drop table t1; create table t1 (col1 binary(4)); insert into t1 values ('a'),('a '); select hex(col1) from t1; hex(col1) 61000000 61200000 alter table t1 modify col1 binary(10); select hex(col1) from t1; hex(col1) 61000000000000000000 61200000000000000000 insert into t1 values ('b'),('b '); select hex(col1) from t1; hex(col1) 61000000000000000000 61200000000000000000 62000000000000000000 62200000000000000000 drop table t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( a binary(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT '\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0', index idx(a) ); INSERT INTO t1 SET a=unhex('1F9480179366F2BF567E1C4B964C1EF029087575'); INSERT INTO t1 SET a=unhex('1F9480179366F2BF567E1C4B964C1EF029082020'); INSERT INTO t1 SET a=unhex('1F9480179366F2BF567E1C4B964C1EF029080707'); SELECT hex(a) FROM t1 order by a; hex(a) 1F9480179366F2BF567E1C4B964C1EF029080707 1F9480179366F2BF567E1C4B964C1EF029082020 1F9480179366F2BF567E1C4B964C1EF029087575 EXPLAIN SELECT hex(a) FROM t1 order by a; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 index NULL idx 20 NULL 3 Using index SELECT hex(a) from t1 WHERE a=unhex('1F9480179366F2BF567E1C4B964C1EF029082020'); hex(a) 1F9480179366F2BF567E1C4B964C1EF029082020 EXPLAIN SELECT hex(a) from t1 WHERE a=unhex('1F9480179366F2BF567E1C4B964C1EF029082020'); id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ref idx idx 20 const 1 Using where; Using index SELECT hex(a) from t1 WHERE a=unhex('1F9480179366F2BF567E1C4B964C1EF02908'); hex(a) DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( id numeric(20) NOT NULL, lang varchar(8) NOT NULL, msg varchar(32) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id,lang) ); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (33, 'en', 'zzzzzzz'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (31, 'en', 'xxxxxxx'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (32, 'en', 'yyyyyyy'); SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE id=32; id lang msg 32 en yyyyyyy DROP TABLE t1;