create table t (a int) with system versioning; insert into t values (1); update t set a= 2; show global variables like 'vers_current_time'; Variable_name Value vers_current_time NOW show variables like 'vers_current_time'; Variable_name Value vers_current_time NOW select * from t; a 2 set vers_current_time = '2031-1-1 0:0:0'; show variables like 'vers_current_time'; Variable_name Value vers_current_time 2031-01-01 00:00:00.000000 select * from t; a 2 set vers_current_time = '2011-1-1 0:0:0'; show variables like 'vers_current_time'; Variable_name Value vers_current_time 2011-01-01 00:00:00.000000 select * from t; a set vers_current_time = 'all'; show variables like 'vers_current_time'; Variable_name Value vers_current_time ALL select * from t; a 2 1 create view vt as select * from t; select * from t; a 2 1 drop view vt; select * from (select * from t) as tt; a 2 1 set global vers_current_time= 'alley'; ERROR 42000: Variable 'vers_current_time' can't be set to the value of 'alley' set global vers_current_time= null; ERROR 42000: Variable 'vers_current_time' can't be set to the value of 'NULL' set global vers_current_time= 1; ERROR 42000: Incorrect argument type to variable 'vers_current_time' set global vers_current_time= 1.1; ERROR 42000: Incorrect argument type to variable 'vers_current_time' set vers_current_time= 'alley'; ERROR 42000: Variable 'vers_current_time' can't be set to the value of 'alley' set vers_current_time= null; ERROR 42000: Variable 'vers_current_time' can't be set to the value of 'NULL' set vers_current_time= 1; ERROR 42000: Incorrect argument type to variable 'vers_current_time' set vers_current_time= 1.1; ERROR 42000: Incorrect argument type to variable 'vers_current_time' set global vers_current_time= '1911-11-11 11:11:11.1111119'; show global variables like 'vers_current_time'; Variable_name Value vers_current_time 1911-11-11 11:11:11.111111 set global vers_current_time= '1900-01-01 00:00:00'; show global variables like 'vers_current_time'; Variable_name Value vers_current_time 1900-01-01 00:00:00.000000 set global vers_current_time= timestamp'1911-11-11 11:11:11.1111119'; Warnings: Note 1292 Truncated incorrect datetime value: '1911-11-11 11:11:11.1111119' show global variables like 'vers_current_time'; Variable_name Value vers_current_time 1911-11-11 11:11:11.111111 set @ts= timestamp'1900-01-01 00:00:00'; set global vers_current_time= @ts; show global variables like 'vers_current_time'; Variable_name Value vers_current_time 1900-01-01 00:00:00.000000 set vers_current_time= '1911-11-11 11:11:11.1111119'; show variables like 'vers_current_time'; Variable_name Value vers_current_time 1911-11-11 11:11:11.111111 set vers_current_time= '1900-01-01 00:00:00'; show variables like 'vers_current_time'; Variable_name Value vers_current_time 1900-01-01 00:00:00.000000 set vers_current_time= timestamp'1911-11-11 11:11:11.1111119'; Warnings: Note 1292 Truncated incorrect datetime value: '1911-11-11 11:11:11.1111119' show variables like 'vers_current_time'; Variable_name Value vers_current_time 1911-11-11 11:11:11.111111 set @ts= timestamp'1900-01-01 00:00:00'; set vers_current_time= @ts; show variables like 'vers_current_time'; Variable_name Value vers_current_time 1900-01-01 00:00:00.000000 set global vers_current_time= 'now'; set vers_current_time= 'now'; show variables where variable_name = "vers_hide"; Variable_name Value vers_hide IMPLICIT select * from t for system_time all; a 2 1 set vers_hide= AUTO; select * from t; a 2 select * from t for system_time as of timestamp current_timestamp(6); a 2 select * from t for system_time all; a sys_trx_start sys_trx_end 2 TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP 1 TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP select * from t for system_time timestamp from '0-0-0' to current_timestamp(6); a sys_trx_start sys_trx_end 2 TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP 1 TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP select * from t for system_time timestamp between '0-0-0' and current_timestamp(6); a sys_trx_start sys_trx_end 2 TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP 1 TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP set vers_hide= NEVER; select * from t; a sys_trx_start sys_trx_end 2 TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP set vers_hide= FULL; create or replace table t ( x int, st timestamp(6) generated always as row start, en timestamp(6) generated always as row end, period for system_time (st, en)) with system versioning; show create table t; Table Create Table t CREATE TABLE `t` ( `x` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 insert into t values (1); delete from t; select * from t; x select * from t for system_time all; x 1 drop table t; set vers_hide= IMPLICIT;