DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( c CHAR , c0 CHAR(0) , c1 CHAR(1) , c20 CHAR(20) , c255 CHAR(255) , PRIMARY KEY (c255) ) ENGINE=rocksdb; SHOW COLUMNS IN t1; Field Type Null Key Default Extra c char(1) YES NULL c0 char(0) YES NULL c1 char(1) YES NULL c20 char(20) YES NULL c255 char(255) NO PRI NULL INSERT INTO t1 (c,c0,c1,c20,c255) VALUES ('','','','',''); INSERT INTO t1 (c,c0,c1,c20,c255) VALUES ('a','','b','abcdefghi klmnopqrst', 'Creating an article for the Knowledgebase is similar to asking questions. First, navigate to the category where you feel the article should be. Once there, double check that an article doesn\'t already exist which would work.'); SELECT c,c0,c1,c20,c255 FROM t1; c c0 c1 c20 c255 a b abcdefghi klmnopqrst Creating an article for the Knowledgebase is similar to asking questions. First, navigate to the category where you feel the article should be. Once there, double check that an article doesn't already exist which would work. INSERT INTO t1 (c,c0,c1,c20,c255) VALUES ('abc', 'a', 'abc', REPEAT('a',21), REPEAT('x',256)); Warnings: Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c' at row 1 Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c0' at row 1 Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c1' at row 1 Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c20' at row 1 Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c255' at row 1 INSERT INTO t1 (c,c0,c1,c20,c255) SELECT c255, c255, c255, c255, CONCAT('a',c255,c1) FROM t1; Warnings: Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c' at row 5 Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c0' at row 5 Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c1' at row 5 Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c20' at row 5 Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c' at row 6 Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c0' at row 6 Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c1' at row 6 Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c20' at row 6 Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c255' at row 6 SELECT c,c0,c1,c20,c255 FROM t1; c c0 c1 c20 c255 a C C Creating an article aCreating an article for the Knowledgebase is similar to asking questions. First, navigate to the category where you feel the article should be. Once there, double check that an article doesn't already exist which would work.b a a aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx a b abcdefghi klmnopqrst Creating an article for the Knowledgebase is similar to asking questions. First, navigate to the category where you feel the article should be. Once there, double check that an article doesn't already exist which would work. x x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx axxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx SELECT DISTINCT c20, REPEAT('a',LENGTH(c20)), COUNT(*) FROM t1 GROUP BY c1, c20; c20 REPEAT('a',LENGTH(c20)) COUNT(*) 2 Creating an article aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 1 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 1 abcdefghi klmnopqrst aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 1 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 1 ALTER TABLE t1 ADD COLUMN c257 CHAR(257) ; ERROR 42000: Column length too big for column 'c257' (max = 255); use BLOB or TEXT instead DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1(c1 CHAR(0) NOT NULL); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('a'); Warnings: Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c1' at row 1 SELECT * FROM t1; c1 DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1(a char(10) character set utf8 collate utf8_bin primary key); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('one'),('two'),('three'),('four'),('five'); (SELECT * FROM t1 LIMIT 1) UNION (SELECT * FROM t1); a five four one three two DROP TABLE t1;