connection node_1; CREATE TABLE t1 (f1 INTEGER PRIMARY KEY , f2 VARCHAR(0)) ENGINE=InnoDB; CREATE TABLE t2 (f1 VARCHAR(0)) ENGINE=InnoDB; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1, NULL); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2, ''); INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (NULL); INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (''); connection node_2; SELECT COUNT(*) = 2 FROM t1; COUNT(*) = 2 1 SELECT f2 IS NULL FROM t1 WHERE f1 = 1; f2 IS NULL 1 SELECT f2 = '' FROM t1 WHERE f1 = 2; f2 = '' 1 SELECT COUNT(*) = 2 FROM t2; COUNT(*) = 2 1 SELECT f1 IS NULL FROM t2 WHERE f1 IS NULL; f1 IS NULL 1 SELECT f1 = '' FROM t2 WHERE f1 IS NOT NULL; f1 = '' 1 UPDATE t1 SET f2 = '' WHERE f1 = 1; UPDATE t1 SET f2 = NULL WHERE f1 = 2; UPDATE t2 SET f1 = '' WHERE f1 IS NULL; connection node_1; SELECT f2 = '' FROM t1 WHERE f1 = 1; f2 = '' 1 SELECT f2 IS NULL FROM t1 WHERE f1 = 2; f2 IS NULL 1 SELECT COUNT(*) = 2 FROM t2 WHERE f1 = ''; COUNT(*) = 2 1 DROP TABLE t1; DROP TABLE t2;