set names utf8; create table t1 (a varchar(2) character set cp1250) partition by list columns (a) ( partition p0 values in (0x81)); show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` varchar(2) CHARACTER SET cp1250 DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 PARTITION BY LIST COLUMNS(`a`) (PARTITION `p0` VALUES IN (_cp1250 0x81) ENGINE = MyISAM) drop table t1; create table t1 (a varchar(2) character set cp1250) partition by list columns (a) ( partition p0 values in (0x80)); show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` varchar(2) CHARACTER SET cp1250 DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 PARTITION BY LIST COLUMNS(`a`) (PARTITION `p0` VALUES IN ('€') ENGINE = MyISAM) drop table t1; create table t1 (a varchar(1500), b varchar(1570)) partition by list columns(a,b) ( partition p0 values in (('a','b'))); ERROR HY000: The total length of the partitioning fields is too large create table t1 (a varchar(1023) character set utf8 collate utf8_spanish2_ci) partition by range columns(a) ( partition p0 values less than ('CZ'), partition p1 values less than ('CH'), partition p2 values less than ('D')); insert into t1 values ('czz'),('chi'),('ci'),('cg'); select * from t1 where a between 'cg' AND 'ci'; a ci cg drop table t1; create table t1 (a varchar(2) character set ucs2) partition by list columns (a) (partition p0 values in (0x2020), partition p1 values in ('')); show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` varchar(2) CHARACTER SET ucs2 DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 PARTITION BY LIST COLUMNS(`a`) (PARTITION `p0` VALUES IN ('†') ENGINE = MyISAM, PARTITION `p1` VALUES IN ('') ENGINE = MyISAM) insert into t1 values (''); insert into t1 values (_ucs2 0x2020); drop table t1;