DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t6; CREATE TABLE t6(c1 ENUM('a','b','c') NULL); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t6 SHOW CREATE TABLE t6; Table Create Table t6 CREATE TABLE `t6` ( `c1` enum('a','b','c') DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t6; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t6(c1 ENUM('a','b','c') NOT NULL); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t6 SHOW CREATE TABLE t6; Table Create Table t6 CREATE TABLE `t6` ( `c1` enum('a','b','c') NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t6; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test