--disable_warnings drop database if exists bug26280; create database bug26280; --enable_warnings use bug26280; set names utf8; set @@sql_mode='ansi_quotes'; create table documents(description varchar(100)) default charset utf8; insert into documents values('ΔΟΧ'), ('ΕΟΧ'); select * from documents; select * from documents where "description"='ΔΟΧ'; select * from documents where "description" like 'ΔΟΧ'; --disable_warnings drop database bug26280; --enable_warnings