set global innodb_compression_level = 0; create table t1 (f1 int primary key, f2 longblob) row_format=compressed, engine=innodb; set debug='+d,innodb_zlob_print'; insert into t1 values (1, repeat('+', 1048576)); set debug='-d,innodb_zlob_print'; select f1, right(f2, 40) from t1; f1 right(f2, 40) 1 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ drop table t1; set global innodb_compression_level = default;