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(15) binary, b binary(15));
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;