drop table if exists t1,t2; CREATE TABLE t1( c1 INT DEFAULT 12 COMMENT 'column1', c2 INT NULL COMMENT 'column2', c3 INT NOT NULL COMMENT 'column3', c4 VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 NOT NULL DEFAULT 'a', c5 VARCHAR(255) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NULL DEFAULT 'b', c6 VARCHAR(255)) COLLATE latin1_bin; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` int(11) DEFAULT 12 COMMENT 'column1', `c2` int(11) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'column2', `c3` int(11) NOT NULL COMMENT 'column3', `c4` varchar(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT 'a', `c5` varchar(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT 'b', `c6` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_bin CREATE TABLE t2 AS SELECT * FROM t1; SHOW CREATE TABLE t2; Table Create Table t2 CREATE TABLE `t2` ( `c1` int(11) DEFAULT 12 COMMENT 'column1', `c2` int(11) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'column2', `c3` int(11) NOT NULL COMMENT 'column3', `c4` varchar(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT 'a', `c5` varchar(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT 'b', `c6` varchar(255) CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_bin DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci DROP TABLE t1,t2;