DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1(c1 CHAR(10) NULL) COMMENT = 'This table has 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 ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci COMMENT='This table has a CHAR column' DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 VARCHAR(10) NULL) COMMENT = 'This table has 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 ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci COMMENT='This table has a VARCHAR column' DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 BINARY(10) NULL) COMMENT = 'This table has 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 ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci COMMENT='This table has a BINARY column' DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 VARBINARY(10) NULL) COMMENT = 'This table has 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 ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci COMMENT='This table has a VARBINARY column' DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test