SET NAMES binary; drop database if exists mysqltest; delete from mysql.user where user like 'mysqltest\_%'; delete from mysql.db where user like 'mysqltest\_%'; delete from mysql.tables_priv where user like 'mysqltest\_%'; delete from mysql.columns_priv where user like 'mysqltest\_%'; flush privileges; grant all privileges on `my\_%`.* to mysqltest_1@localhost with grant option; select current_user(); current_user() mysqltest_1@localhost select current_user; current_user mysqltest_1@localhost grant all privileges on `my\_1`.* to mysqltest_2@localhost with grant option; grant all privileges on `my_%`.* to mysqltest_3@localhost with grant option; ERROR 42000: Access denied for user 'mysqltest_1'@'localhost' to database 'my_%' show grants for mysqltest_1@localhost; Grants for mysqltest_1@localhost GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'mysqltest_1'@'localhost' GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `my\_%`.* TO 'mysqltest_1'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION show grants for mysqltest_2@localhost; Grants for mysqltest_2@localhost GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'mysqltest_2'@'localhost' GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `my\_1`.* TO 'mysqltest_2'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION show grants for mysqltest_3@localhost; ERROR 42000: There is no such grant defined for user 'mysqltest_3' on host 'localhost' delete from mysql.user where user like 'mysqltest\_%'; delete from mysql.db where user like 'mysqltest\_%'; flush privileges; create database mysqltest; grant INSERT, SELECT on mysqltest.* to mysqltest_1@localhost; flush privileges; use mysqltest; create table t1 (id int primary key, data varchar(255)); show grants for current_user(); Grants for mysqltest_1@localhost GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'mysqltest_1'@'localhost' GRANT SELECT, INSERT ON `mysqltest`.* TO 'mysqltest_1'@'localhost' use mysqltest; insert into t1 values (1, 'I can''t change it!'); update t1 set data='I can change it!' where id = 1; ERROR 42000: Access denied for user 'mysqltest_1'@'localhost' to database 'mysqltest' insert into t1 values (1, 'XXX') on duplicate key update data= 'I can change it!'; ERROR 42000: Access denied for user 'mysqltest_1'@'localhost' to database 'mysqltest' select * from t1; id data 1 I can't change it! drop table t1; drop database mysqltest; use test; delete from mysql.user where user like 'mysqltest\_%'; delete from mysql.db where user like 'mysqltest\_%'; flush privileges;