select database(); database() test select charset(database()); charset(database()) utf8 select database() = "test"; database() = "test" 1 select database() = _utf8"test"; database() = _utf8"test" 1 select database() = _latin1"test"; database() = _latin1"test" 1 select user() like "%@%"; user() like "%@%" 1 select user() like _utf8"%@%"; user() like _utf8"%@%" 1 select user() like _latin1"%@%"; user() like _latin1"%@%" 1 select charset(user()); charset(user()) utf8 select version()>="03.23.29"; version()>="03.23.29" 1 select version()>=_utf8"03.23.29"; version()>=_utf8"03.23.29" 1 select version()>=_latin1"03.23.29"; version()>=_latin1"03.23.29" 1 select charset(version()); charset(version()) utf8 explain extended select database(), user(); id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL No tables used Warnings: Note 1003 select database() AS `database()`,user() AS `user()` create table t1 (version char(60)) select database(), user(), version() as 'version'; show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `database()` varchar(34) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL, `user()` varchar(141) CHARACTER SET utf8 NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `version` char(60) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 drop table t1; select charset(charset(_utf8'a')), charset(collation(_utf8'a')); charset(charset(_utf8'a')) charset(collation(_utf8'a')) utf8 utf8 select collation(charset(_utf8'a')), collation(collation(_utf8'a')); collation(charset(_utf8'a')) collation(collation(_utf8'a')) utf8_general_ci utf8_general_ci create table t1 select charset(_utf8'a'), collation(_utf8'a'); show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `charset(_utf8'a')` varchar(64) CHARACTER SET utf8 NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `collation(_utf8'a')` varchar(64) CHARACTER SET utf8 NOT NULL DEFAULT '' ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 drop table t1; select TRUE,FALSE,NULL; TRUE FALSE NULL 1 0 NULL create table t1 (c1 char(5)) character set=latin1; insert into t1 values('row 1'); insert into t1 values('row 2'); insert into t1 values('row 3'); select concat(user(), '--', c1) from t1; concat(user(), '--', c1) root@localhost--row 1 root@localhost--row 2 root@localhost--row 3 select concat(database(), '--', c1) from t1; concat(database(), '--', c1) test--row 1 test--row 2 test--row 3 drop table t1; create table t1 (a char(10)) character set latin1; select * from t1 where a=version(); a select * from t1 where a=database(); a select * from t1 where a=user(); a insert into t1 values ('a'); select left(concat(a,version()),1) from t1; left(concat(a,version()),1) a drop table t1;