SET @orig_log_error_verbosity= @@GLOBAL.log_error_verbosity; SET GLOBAL log_error_verbosity=3; set global innodb_compression_level = 0; set debug = '+d,zlob_print_partial_update_hit'; CREATE TABLE z2 (q123 JSON) engine=innodb row_format=compressed; set @json_doc_1 = concat('["OpenSource", "', repeat('Linux+Ubuntu+', 16000), '"]'); set @json_doc_2 = concat('["OpenSource", "', repeat('MySQL+Oracle+', 16000), '"]'); set @data_1 = repeat('Linux+Ubuntu+', 16000); set @data_2 = repeat('MySQL+Oracle+', 16000); # Inserting... INSERT INTO z2 VALUES ( @json_doc_1 ); # Linux+Ubuntu select strcmp(q123, @json_doc_1) = 0 as f1 from z2; f1 1 select cast(q123 as char) = @json_doc_1 as f1 from z2; f1 1 select length(q123) from z2; length(q123) 208018 select json_extract(q123, '$[1]') = @data_1 from z2; json_extract(q123, '$[1]') = @data_1 1 # Updating... UPDATE z2 SET q123 = JSON_SET(q123, '$[1]', repeat('MySQL+Oracle+', 16000)); # MySQL+Oracle select strcmp(q123, @json_doc_2) = 0 as f1 from z2; f1 1 select cast(q123 as char) = @json_doc_2 from z2; cast(q123 as char) = @json_doc_2 1 select length(q123) from z2; length(q123) 208018 select json_extract(q123, '$[1]') = @data_2 from z2; json_extract(q123, '$[1]') = @data_2 1 Pattern "ZLOB partial update of field=\(q123\) on index=\(\`GEN_CLUST_INDEX\`\) in table=\(test/z2\)" found drop table z2; set debug = '-d,lob_print_partial_update_hit'; set global innodb_compression_level = default; SET GLOBAL log_error_verbosity= @orig_log_error_verbosity;