DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1(c1 CHAR(10) NULL COMMENT 'This is a CHAR column'); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` char(10) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'This is a CHAR column' ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 VARCHAR(10) NULL COMMENT 'This is a VARCHAR column'); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` varchar(10) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'This is a VARCHAR column' ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 BINARY(10) NULL COMMENT 'This is a BINARY column'); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` binary(10) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'This is a BINARY column' ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 VARBINARY(10) NULL COMMENT 'This is a VARBINARY column'); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` varbinary(10) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'This is a VARBINARY column' ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test