drop table if exists t1; CREATE TABLE `t1` ( a int not null auto_increment, `pseudo` varchar(35) character set latin2 NOT NULL default '', `email` varchar(60) character set latin2 NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (a), UNIQUE KEY `email` USING BTREE (`email`) ) TYPE=HEAP CHARSET=latin1 ROW_FORMAT DYNAMIC; set @@sql_mode=""; show variables like 'sql_mode'; Variable_name Value sql_mode show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, `pseudo` varchar(35) character set latin2 NOT NULL default '', `email` varchar(60) character set latin2 NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (`a`), UNIQUE KEY `email` TYPE BTREE (`email`) ) TYPE=HEAP DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC set @@sql_mode="ansi_quotes"; show variables like 'sql_mode'; Variable_name Value sql_mode ANSI_QUOTES show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE "t1" ( "a" int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, "pseudo" varchar(35) character set latin2 NOT NULL default '', "email" varchar(60) character set latin2 NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY ("a"), UNIQUE KEY "email" TYPE BTREE ("email") ) TYPE=HEAP DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC set @@sql_mode="no_table_options"; show variables like 'sql_mode'; Variable_name Value sql_mode NO_TABLE_OPTIONS show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, `pseudo` varchar(35) character set latin2 NOT NULL default '', `email` varchar(60) character set latin2 NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (`a`), UNIQUE KEY `email` TYPE BTREE (`email`) ) set @@sql_mode="no_key_options"; show variables like 'sql_mode'; Variable_name Value sql_mode NO_KEY_OPTIONS show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, `pseudo` varchar(35) character set latin2 NOT NULL default '', `email` varchar(60) character set latin2 NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (`a`), UNIQUE KEY `email` (`email`) ) TYPE=HEAP DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC set @@sql_mode="no_field_options,mysql323,mysql40"; show variables like 'sql_mode'; Variable_name Value sql_mode NO_FIELD_OPTIONS,MYSQL323,MYSQL40 show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, `pseudo` varchar(35) NOT NULL default '', `email` varchar(60) NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (`a`), UNIQUE KEY `email` (`email`) ) TYPE=HEAP ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC set sql_mode="postgresql,oracle,mssql,db2,maxdb"; select @@sql_mode; @@sql_mode PIPES_AS_CONCAT,ANSI_QUOTES,IGNORE_SPACE,POSTGRESQL,ORACLE,MSSQL,DB2,MAXDB,NO_KEY_OPTIONS,NO_TABLE_OPTIONS,NO_FIELD_OPTIONS show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE "t1" ( "a" int(11) NOT NULL, "pseudo" varchar(35) NOT NULL default '', "email" varchar(60) NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY ("a"), UNIQUE KEY "email" ("email") ) drop table t1;