DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS MCOL_5175; CREATE DATABASE MCOL_5175; USE MCOL_5175; create table testtext2 ( myvalue varchar(100) )engine=Columnstore CHARSET=utf8; show create table testtext2; Table Create Table testtext2 CREATE TABLE `testtext2` ( `myvalue` varchar(100) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=Columnstore DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb3 COLLATE=utf8mb3_general_ci alter table testtext2 add column myvalue2 text; show create table testtext2; Table Create Table testtext2 CREATE TABLE `testtext2` ( `myvalue` varchar(100) DEFAULT NULL, `myvalue2` text DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=Columnstore DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb3 COLLATE=utf8mb3_general_ci insert into testtext2 (myvalue2) VALUES ('myvalue'); select * from testtext2; myvalue myvalue2 NULL myvalue DROP DATABASE MCOL_5175;