DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS MCOL5744; CREATE DATABASE MCOL5744; SET old_mode=''; CREATE TABLE t(x text CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci) ENGINE=COLUMNSTORE; SHOW CREATE TABLE t; Table Create Table t CREATE TABLE `t` ( `x` text CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=Columnstore DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb3 COLLATE=utf8mb3_general_ci DROP TABLE t; SET old_mode='UTF8_IS_UTF8MB3'; CREATE TABLE t(x text CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci) ENGINE=COLUMNSTORE; SHOW CREATE TABLE t; Table Create Table t CREATE TABLE `t` ( `x` text DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=Columnstore DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb3 COLLATE=utf8mb3_general_ci DROP TABLE t; DROP DATABASE MCOL5744;