SET @transaction_isolation= @@global.transaction_isolation; SET GLOBAL TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ UNCOMMITTED; INSERT INTO cache_policies VALUES("cache_policy", "innodb_only", "innodb_only", "innodb_only", "innodb_only"); INSERT INTO config_options VALUES("separator", "0"); INSERT INTO containers VALUES ("desc_t1", "test", "t1", "c1", "c2,c21,c22,c23,c24,c25", "c3", "c4", "c5", "PRIMARY"); USE test; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (c1 VARCHAR(32), c2 VARCHAR(40), c21 VARCHAR(40), c22 VARCHAR(40), c23 VARCHAR(40), c24 VARCHAR(40), c25 VARCHAR(40), c3 INT, c4 BIGINT UNSIGNED, c5 INT, primary key(c1)) ENGINE = INNODB; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('D', 'Darmstadt', 'City','1', 'dddddddddddddd', '1234', '2012', 0, 0, 0); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('B', 'Berlin', 'Mitte', '0', 'bbbbbbbbbbbbbb', '2345', '2012', 0, 0, 0); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('C', 'Cottbus', 'West', '3', 'cccccccccccccc', '3456', '0', 0, 0 ,0); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('H', 'Hamburg', 'Norderstedt', '4', 'hhhhhhhhhh', '4567', '2012', 0, 0, 0); INSTALL PLUGIN daemon_memcached SONAME 'libmemcached.so'; SELECT c1,c2,c21,c22,c23,c24,c25 FROM t1; c1 c2 c21 c22 c23 c24 c25 B Berlin Mitte 0 bbbbbbbbbbbbbb 2345 2012 C Cottbus West 3 cccccccccccccc 3456 0 D Darmstadt City 1 dddddddddddddd 1234 2012 H Hamburg Norderstedt 4 hhhhhhhhhh 4567 2012 Here are the memcached results with D,B,H,C: Darmstadt0City010dddddddddddddd0123402012 Berlin0Mitte000bbbbbbbbbbbbbb0234502012 Hamburg0Norderstedt040hhhhhhhhhh0456702012 Cottbus0West030cccccccccccccc0345600 SELECT c1,c2,c21,c22,c23,c24,c25 FROM t1; c1 c2 c21 c22 c23 c24 c25 B Berlin Mitte 0 bbbbbbbbbbbbbb 2345 2012 C Cottbus West 3 cccccccccccccc 3456 0 D Darmstadt City 1 dddddddddddddd 1234 2012 H Hamburg Norderstedt 4 hhhhhhhhhh 4567 2012 UNINSTALL PLUGIN daemon_memcached; UPDATE innodb_memcache.config_options SET value='|' WHERE name='separator'; INSTALL PLUGIN daemon_memcached SONAME 'libmemcached.so'; Here are the memcached results after set: Essen|Ost|5|eeeeeeeeeee|5678|2012 SELECT c1,c2,c21,c22,c23,c24,c25 FROM t1; c1 c2 c21 c22 c23 c24 c25 B Berlin Mitte 0 bbbbbbbbbbbbbb 2345 2012 C Cottbus West 3 cccccccccccccc 3456 0 D Darmstadt City 1 dddddddddddddd 1234 2012 E Essen Ost 5 eeeeeeeeeee 5678 2012 H Hamburg Norderstedt 4 hhhhhhhhhh 4567 2012 DROP TABLE t1; UNINSTALL PLUGIN daemon_memcached; DROP DATABASE innodb_memcache; SET @@global.transaction_isolation= @transaction_isolation;