CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE table_54044 ENGINE = INNODB AS SELECT IF(NULL IS NOT NULL, NULL, NULL); SHOW CREATE TABLE table_54044; Table Create Table table_54044 CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `table_54044` ( `IF(NULL IS NOT NULL, NULL, NULL)` binary(0) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE table_54044; CREATE TABLE tmp ENGINE = INNODB AS SELECT COALESCE(NULL, NULL, NULL), GREATEST(NULL, NULL), NULL; SHOW CREATE TABLE tmp; Table Create Table tmp CREATE TABLE `tmp` ( `COALESCE(NULL, NULL, NULL)` binary(0) DEFAULT NULL, `GREATEST(NULL, NULL)` binary(0) DEFAULT NULL, `NULL` binary(0) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE tmp;