DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1, t2, t3; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT, b CHAR(8), PRIMARY KEY (a)) ENGINE=xengine; INSERT INTO t1 (a,b) VALUES (100,'foo'),(2, 'b'); CREATE TABLE t2 (a INT, b CHAR(8), PRIMARY KEY (b)) ENGINE=xengine CHARACTER SET utf8; Warnings: Warning 3719 'utf8' is currently an alias for the character set UTF8MB3, but will be an alias for UTF8MB4 in a future release. Please consider using UTF8MB4 in order to be unambiguous. INSERT INTO t2 (a,b) VALUES (1, 'bar'); CREATE TABLE t3 (a INT, b CHAR(8), pk INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=xengine CHARACTER SET utf8; Warnings: Warning 3719 'utf8' is currently an alias for the character set UTF8MB3, but will be an alias for UTF8MB4 in a future release. Please consider using UTF8MB4 in order to be unambiguous. DESCRIBE t1; Field Type Null Key Default Extra a int(11) NO PRI NULL b char(8) YES NULL DESC t2 a; Field Type Null Key Default Extra a int(11) YES NULL DESCRIBE t3 '%'; Field Type Null Key Default Extra a int(11) YES NULL b char(8) YES NULL pk int(11) NO PRI NULL auto_increment DROP TABLE t1, t2, t3;