DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t7; SET sql_mode='NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION'; Warnings: Warning 3090 Changing sql mode 'NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER' is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release. CREATE TABLE t7(c1 ENUM('a','abcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghij') NULL); INSERT INTO t7(c1) VALUES(NULL); INSERT INTO t7(c1) VALUES(''); Warnings: Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c1' at row 1 INSERT INTO t7(c1) VALUES('a'); INSERT INTO t7(c1) VALUES('abcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghij'); INSERT INTO t7(c1) VALUES('abcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghij'); Warnings: Warning 1265 Data truncated for column 'c1' at row 1 SELECT * FROM t7; c1 NULL a abcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghij SELECT COUNT(c1) AS null_rows FROM t7 WHERE c1 IS NULL; null_rows 0 DROP TABLE t7; SET sql_mode=default;