DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
CREATE TABLE t1 (a <INT_COLUMN>, b <CHAR_COLUMN>) ENGINE=<STORAGE_ENGINE> <CUSTOM_TABLE_OPTIONS> DEFAULT CHARACTER SET = utf8
COLLATE = utf8_general_ci
COMMENT = 'standard table options'
;
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table	Create Table
t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  `b` char(8) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=<STORAGE_ENGINE> DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COMMENT='standard table options'
ALTER TABLE t1 COMMENT = 'table altered';
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table	Create Table
t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  `b` char(8) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=<STORAGE_ENGINE> DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COMMENT='table altered'
ALTER TABLE t1 ENGINE=MEMORY;
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table	Create Table
t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  `b` char(8) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=MEMORY DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COMMENT='table altered'
ALTER TABLE t1 ENGINE=<STORAGE_ENGINE>;
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table	Create Table
t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  `b` char(8) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=<STORAGE_ENGINE> DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COMMENT='table altered'
ALTER TABLE t1 CHARACTER SET = latin1 COLLATE = latin1_swedish_ci;
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table	Create Table
t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  `b` char(8) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=<STORAGE_ENGINE> DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COMMENT='table altered'
DROP TABLE t1;