set names utf8; CREATE DATABASE db_types; USE db_types; CREATE TABLE all_types ( v_bigint bigint, v_varchar VARCHAR(99) character set utf8, v_bit bit, v_longtext longtext character SET utf8, v_longblob longblob , v_numeric numeric(16,4) ); INSERT all_types ( v_bigint, v_varchar, v_bit, v_longtext, v_numeric ) VALUES ( 1010101, 'this is a varchar', 1, 'long test', '11111.5678' ); COMMIT;