drop database if exists issue_1052; create database issue_1052; use issue_1052; CREATE TABLE `t` ( `opt_id` int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment, `value` text collate utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL, `option` varchar(250) collate utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL, `desc` varchar(300) collate utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`opt_id`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8; insert into issue_1052.t values (null, 'val', 'opt', 'something'); set session sql_log_bin=0; insert into issue_1052.t values (null, '', 'opt2', 'something else');