SELECT variable_value into @old_encrypted FROM information_schema.global_status WHERE variable_name = 'innodb_encryption_n_temp_blocks_encrypted'; SELECT variable_value into @old_decrypted FROM information_schema.global_status WHERE variable_name = 'innodb_encryption_n_temp_blocks_decrypted'; CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t1(f1 CHAR(200), f2 CHAR(200)) ENGINE=InnoDB; INSERT INTO t1 (f1,f2) SELECT '', '' FROM seq_1_to_8192; CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t2(f1 CHAR(100), f2 CHAR(200), f3 CHAR(200))ENGINE=InnoDB; INSERT INTO t2 (f1,f2,f3) SELECT '', '', '' FROM seq_1_to_8192; SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t1; COUNT(*) 8192 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t2; COUNT(*) 8192 SELECT variable_value > @old_encrypted FROM information_schema.global_status WHERE variable_name = 'innodb_encryption_n_temp_blocks_encrypted'; variable_value > @old_encrypted 1 SELECT variable_value > @old_decrypted FROM information_schema.global_status WHERE variable_name = 'innodb_encryption_n_temp_blocks_decrypted'; variable_value > @old_decrypted 1