RESET MASTER; create table t3 (f text 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. create table t4 (f text character set cp932); flush logs; rename table t3 to t03, t4 to t04; RESET MASTER; select HEX(f) from t03; HEX(f) E382BD select HEX(f) from t3; HEX(f) E382BD select HEX(f) from t04; HEX(f) 835C select HEX(f) from t4; HEX(f) 835C drop table t3, t4, t03, t04; End of 5.0 tests