--disable_warnings drop table if exists t1 ; --enable_warnings eval create table t1 ( a int primary key, b varchar(30) ) engine = MYISAM ; ##### non prepared statement for comparison # egalize date and time values --replace_column 12 # 13 # 14 # show table status from test like 't1%' ; ##### prepared statement prepare stmt1 from ' show table status from test like ''t1%'' '; # egalize date and time values --replace_column 12 # 13 # 14 # # The execute shows the bad output !!!!!!!!!!!! execute stmt1; deallocate prepare stmt1 ; drop table t1;