DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mcs180_db; CREATE DATABASE mcs180_db; USE mcs180_db; SET default_storage_engine=Columnstore; CREATE TABLE t1 (a CHAR(1), b INT); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, NULL), ('m', 6), ('N', 5), ('o', 4); SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` char(1) DEFAULT NULL, `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=Columnstore DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb3 COLLATE=utf8mb3_general_ci SELECT ASCII(0); ASCII(0) 48 SELECT ASCII(1); ASCII(1) 49 SELECT ASCII(9); ASCII(9) 57 SELECT ASCII('abc'); ASCII('abc') 97 SELECT ASCII('a'); ASCII('a') 97 SELECT ASCII('A'); ASCII('A') 65 SELECT ASCII('z'); ASCII('z') 122 SELECT ASCII('~'); ASCII('~') 126 SELECT ASCII('-'); ASCII('-') 45 SELECT a, ASCII(a) FROM t1; a ASCII(a) NULL NULL m 109 N 78 o 111 SELECT b, ASCII(b) FROM t1; b ASCII(b) NULL NULL 6 54 5 53 4 52 DROP DATABASE mcs180_db;