diff --git a/docs/en/docs/sql-manual/sql-reference/Data-Definition-Statements/Create/CREATE-TABLE-AS-SELECT.md b/docs/en/docs/sql-manual/sql-reference/Data-Definition-Statements/Create/CREATE-TABLE-AS-SELECT.md
index 9589e6a33b6e56..1441d254402db5 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/sql-manual/sql-reference/Data-Definition-Statements/Create/CREATE-TABLE-AS-SELECT.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/sql-manual/sql-reference/Data-Definition-Statements/Create/CREATE-TABLE-AS-SELECT.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ illustrate:
+- All columns of type string (varchar/var/string) are created as type "string".
- If the created source is an external table and the first column is of type String, the first column is automatically set to VARCHAR(65533). Because of Doris internal table, String column is not allowed as first column.
diff --git a/docs/zh-CN/docs/sql-manual/sql-reference/Data-Definition-Statements/Create/CREATE-TABLE-AS-SELECT.md b/docs/zh-CN/docs/sql-manual/sql-reference/Data-Definition-Statements/Create/CREATE-TABLE-AS-SELECT.md
index f2f3f3a8345902..3787e0c57683b4 100644
--- a/docs/zh-CN/docs/sql-manual/sql-reference/Data-Definition-Statements/Create/CREATE-TABLE-AS-SELECT.md
+++ b/docs/zh-CN/docs/sql-manual/sql-reference/Data-Definition-Statements/Create/CREATE-TABLE-AS-SELECT.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ CREATE TABLE table_name [( column_name_list )]
+- 所有字符串类型的列(varchar/var/string) 都会被创建为 string 类型。
- 如果创建的来源为外部表,并且第一列为 String 类型,则会自动将第一列设置为 VARCHAR(65533)。因为 Doris 内部表,不允许 String 列作为第一列。
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/InternalCatalog.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/InternalCatalog.java
index 8e1b1f9c7f5209..18aa6f45e7ccd3 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/InternalCatalog.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/InternalCatalog.java
@@ -1211,7 +1211,9 @@ public void createTableAsSelect(CreateTableAsSelectStmt stmt) throws DdlExceptio
TypeDef typeDef;
Expr resultExpr = resultExprs.get(i);
Type resultType = resultExpr.getType();
- if (resultType.isStringType() && resultType.getLength() < 0) {
+ if (resultType.isStringType()) {
+ // Use String for varchar/char/string type,
+ // to avoid char-length-vs-byte-length issue.
typeDef = new TypeDef(ScalarType.createStringType());
} else if (resultType.isDecimalV2() && resultType.equals(ScalarType.DECIMALV2)) {
typeDef = new TypeDef(ScalarType.createDecimalType(27, 9));
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/analysis/CreateTableAsSelectStmtTest.java b/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/analysis/CreateTableAsSelectStmtTest.java
index c9e19b0c60c3e9..54de9a712923e8 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/analysis/CreateTableAsSelectStmtTest.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/analysis/CreateTableAsSelectStmtTest.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public void testDecimal() throws Exception {
String selectFromDecimal = "create table `test`.`select_decimal_table` PROPERTIES(\"replication_num\" = \"1\") "
+ "as select * from `test`.`decimal_table`";
createTableAsSelect(selectFromDecimal);
- Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `select_decimal_table` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(255) NOT NULL,\n"
+ Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `select_decimal_table` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(65533) NOT NULL,\n"
+ " `amount_decimal` decimal(10, 2) NOT NULL\n"
+ ") ENGINE=OLAP\n" + "DUPLICATE KEY(`userId`)\n"
+ "COMMENT 'OLAP'\n" + "DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`userId`) BUCKETS 10\n" + "PROPERTIES (\n"
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ public void testVarchar() throws Exception {
+ "as select * from `test`.`varchar_table`";
createTableAsSelect(selectFromVarchar);
ShowResultSet showResultSet = showCreateTableByName("select_varchar");
- Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `select_varchar` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(255) NOT NULL,\n"
- + " `username` varchar(255) NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n" + "DUPLICATE KEY(`userId`)\n"
+ Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `select_varchar` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(65533) NOT NULL,\n"
+ + " `username` text NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n" + "DUPLICATE KEY(`userId`)\n"
+ "COMMENT 'OLAP'\n" + "DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`userId`) BUCKETS 10\n" + "PROPERTIES (\n"
+ "\"replication_allocation\" = \"tag.location.default: 1\",\n" + "\"in_memory\" = \"false\",\n"
+ "\"storage_format\" = \"V2\",\n\"disable_auto_compaction\" = \"false\"\n" + ");",
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ public void testAlias() throws Exception {
+ "as select userId as alias_name, username from `test`.`varchar_table`";
createTableAsSelect(selectAlias2);
ShowResultSet showResultSet2 = showCreateTableByName("select_alias_2");
- Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `select_alias_2` (\n" + " `alias_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,\n"
- + " `username` varchar(255) NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n" + "DUPLICATE KEY(`alias_name`)\n"
+ Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `select_alias_2` (\n" + " `alias_name` varchar(65533) NOT NULL,\n"
+ + " `username` text NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n" + "DUPLICATE KEY(`alias_name`)\n"
+ "COMMENT 'OLAP'\n" + "DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`alias_name`) BUCKETS 10\n" + "PROPERTIES (\n"
+ "\"replication_allocation\" = \"tag.location.default: 1\",\n" + "\"in_memory\" = \"false\",\n"
+ "\"storage_format\" = \"V2\",\n\"disable_auto_compaction\" = \"false\"\n" + ");",
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ public void testJoin() throws Exception {
+ "join `test`.`join_table` jt on vt.userId=jt.userId";
createTableAsSelect(selectFromJoin);
ShowResultSet showResultSet = showCreateTableByName("select_join");
- Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `select_join` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(255) NOT NULL,\n"
- + " `username` varchar(255) NOT NULL,\n"
+ Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `select_join` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(65533) NOT NULL,\n"
+ + " `username` text NOT NULL,\n"
+ " `status` int(11) NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n"
+ "DUPLICATE KEY(`userId`)\n" + "COMMENT 'OLAP'\n"
+ "DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`userId`) BUCKETS 10\n"
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ public void testJoin() throws Exception {
+ "from `test`.`varchar_table` vt " + "join `test`.`join_table` jt on vt.userId=jt.userId";
createTableAsSelect(selectFromJoin1);
ShowResultSet showResultSet1 = showCreateTableByName("select_join1");
- Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `select_join1` (\n" + " `userId1` varchar(255) NOT NULL,\n"
- + " `userId2` varchar(255) NOT NULL,\n" + " `username` varchar(255) NOT NULL,\n"
+ Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `select_join1` (\n" + " `userId1` varchar(65533) NOT NULL,\n"
+ + " `userId2` text NOT NULL,\n" + " `username` text NOT NULL,\n"
+ " `status` int(11) NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n" + "DUPLICATE KEY(`userId1`)\n"
+ "COMMENT 'OLAP'\n" + "DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`userId1`) BUCKETS 10\n" + "PROPERTIES (\n"
+ "\"replication_allocation\" = \"tag.location.default: 1\",\n" + "\"in_memory\" = \"false\",\n"
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ public void testName() throws Exception {
+ "join `test`.`join_table` jt on vt.userId=jt.userId";
createTableAsSelect(selectFromName);
ShowResultSet showResultSet = showCreateTableByName("select_name");
- Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `select_name` (\n" + " `user` varchar(255) NOT NULL,\n"
- + " `testname` varchar(255) NOT NULL,\n"
+ Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `select_name` (\n" + " `user` varchar(65533) NOT NULL,\n"
+ + " `testname` text NOT NULL,\n"
+ " `userstatus` int(11) NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n"
+ "DUPLICATE KEY(`user`)\n" + "COMMENT 'OLAP'\n" + "DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`user`) BUCKETS 10\n"
+ "PROPERTIES (\n" + "\"replication_allocation\" = \"tag.location.default: 1\",\n"
@@ -245,11 +245,13 @@ public void testUnion() throws Exception {
+ "as select userId from `test`.`varchar_table` union select userId from `test`.`join_table`";
createTableAsSelect(selectFromName);
ShowResultSet showResultSet = showCreateTableByName("select_union");
- Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `select_union` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(255) NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n"
- + "DUPLICATE KEY(`userId`)\n" + "COMMENT 'OLAP'\n" + "DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`userId`) BUCKETS 10\n"
- + "PROPERTIES (\n" + "\"replication_allocation\" = \"tag.location.default: 1\",\n"
- + "\"in_memory\" = \"false\",\n" + "\"storage_format\" = \"V2\",\n\"disable_auto_compaction\""
- + " = \"false\"\n" + ");", showResultSet.getResultRows().get(0).get(1));
+ Assertions.assertEquals(
+ "CREATE TABLE `select_union` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(65533) NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n"
+ + "DUPLICATE KEY(`userId`)\n" + "COMMENT 'OLAP'\n"
+ + "DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`userId`) BUCKETS 10\n"
+ + "PROPERTIES (\n" + "\"replication_allocation\" = \"tag.location.default: 1\",\n"
+ + "\"in_memory\" = \"false\",\n" + "\"storage_format\" = \"V2\",\n\"disable_auto_compaction\""
+ + " = \"false\"\n" + ");", showResultSet.getResultRows().get(0).get(1));
}
@Test
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ public void testCte() throws Exception {
createTableAsSelect(selectFromCte);
ShowResultSet showResultSet = showCreateTableByName("select_cte");
Assertions.assertEquals(
- "CREATE TABLE `select_cte` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(255) NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n"
+ "CREATE TABLE `select_cte` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(65533) NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n"
+ "DUPLICATE KEY(`userId`)\n" + "COMMENT 'OLAP'\n"
+ "DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`userId`) BUCKETS 10\n" + "PROPERTIES (\n"
+ "\"replication_allocation\" = \"tag.location.default: 1\",\n" + "\"in_memory\" = \"false\",\n"
@@ -283,8 +285,8 @@ public void testPartition() throws Exception {
+ "PROPERTIES (\"replication_num\" = \"1\") as " + "select * from `test`.`varchar_table`;";
createTableAsSelect(selectFromPartition);
ShowResultSet showResultSet = showCreateTableByName("selectPartition");
- Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `selectPartition` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(255) NOT NULL,\n"
- + " `username` varchar(255) NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n" + "DUPLICATE KEY(`userId`)\n"
+ Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `selectPartition` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(65533) NOT NULL,\n"
+ + " `username` text NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n" + "DUPLICATE KEY(`userId`)\n"
+ "COMMENT 'OLAP'\n" + "PARTITION BY LIST(`userId`)\n"
+ "(PARTITION p1 VALUES IN (\"CA\",\"GB\",\"US\",\"ZH\"))\n"
+ "DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`userId`) BUCKETS 10\n" + "PROPERTIES (\n"
@@ -299,7 +301,7 @@ public void testDefaultTimestamp() throws Exception {
+ " as select * from `test`.`default_timestamp_table`";
createTableAsSelect(createSql);
ShowResultSet showResultSet = showCreateTableByName("test_default_timestamp");
- Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `test_default_timestamp` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(255) NOT NULL,\n"
+ Assertions.assertEquals("CREATE TABLE `test_default_timestamp` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(65533) NOT NULL,\n"
+ " `date` datetime NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP\n"
+ ") ENGINE=OLAP\n" + "DUPLICATE KEY(`userId`)\n"
+ "COMMENT 'OLAP'\n" + "DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`userId`) BUCKETS 10\n" + "PROPERTIES (\n"
@@ -315,7 +317,7 @@ public void testAggValue() throws Exception {
createTableAsSelect(createSql);
ShowResultSet showResultSet = showCreateTableByName("test_agg_value");
Assertions.assertEquals(
- "CREATE TABLE `test_agg_value` (\n" + " `username` varchar(255) NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n"
+ "CREATE TABLE `test_agg_value` (\n" + " `username` varchar(65533) NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n"
+ "DUPLICATE KEY(`username`)\n" + "COMMENT 'OLAP'\n"
+ "DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`username`) BUCKETS 10\n" + "PROPERTIES (\n"
+ "\"replication_allocation\" = \"tag.location.default: 1\",\n" + "\"in_memory\" = \"false\",\n"
@@ -330,8 +332,8 @@ public void testUseKeyType() throws Exception {
createTableAsSelect(createSql);
ShowResultSet showResultSet = showCreateTableByName("test_use_key_type");
Assertions.assertEquals(
- "CREATE TABLE `test_use_key_type` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(255) NOT NULL,\n"
- + " `username` varchar(255) NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n" + "UNIQUE KEY(`userId`)\n"
+ "CREATE TABLE `test_use_key_type` (\n" + " `userId` varchar(65533) NOT NULL,\n"
+ + " `username` text NOT NULL\n" + ") ENGINE=OLAP\n" + "UNIQUE KEY(`userId`)\n"
+ "COMMENT 'OLAP'\n" + "DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`userId`) BUCKETS 10\n" + "PROPERTIES (\n"
+ "\"replication_allocation\" = \"tag.location.default: 1\",\n" + "\"in_memory\" = \"false\",\n"
+ "\"storage_format\" = \"V2\",\n" + "\"disable_auto_compaction\" = \"false\"\n" + ");",
diff --git a/regression-test/data/ddl_p0/test_ctas.out b/regression-test/data/ddl_p0/test_ctas.out
index ac9c12d9c8839d..bde04638885291 100644
--- a/regression-test/data/ddl_p0/test_ctas.out
+++ b/regression-test/data/ddl_p0/test_ctas.out
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-- This file is automatically generated. You should know what you did if you want to edit this
-- !select --
-test_ctas1 CREATE TABLE `test_ctas1` (\n `test_varchar` varchar(150) NULL,\n `test_text` text NULL,\n `test_datetime` datetime NULL,\n `test_default_timestamp` datetime NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP\n) ENGINE=OLAP\nDUPLICATE KEY(`test_varchar`)\nCOMMENT 'OLAP'\nDISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`test_varchar`) BUCKETS 10\nPROPERTIES (\n"replication_allocation" = "tag.location.default: 1",\n"in_memory" = "false",\n"storage_format" = "V2",\n"disable_auto_compaction" = "false"\n);
+test_ctas1 CREATE TABLE `test_ctas1` (\n `test_varchar` varchar(65533) NULL,\n `test_text` text NULL,\n `test_datetime` datetime NULL,\n `test_default_timestamp` datetime NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP\n) ENGINE=OLAP\nDUPLICATE KEY(`test_varchar`)\nCOMMENT 'OLAP'\nDISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`test_varchar`) BUCKETS 10\nPROPERTIES (\n"replication_allocation" = "tag.location.default: 1",\n"in_memory" = "false",\n"storage_format" = "V2",\n"disable_auto_compaction" = "false"\n);
-- !select --
2
-- !select --
-test_ctas2 CREATE TABLE `test_ctas2` (\n `test_varchar` varchar(150) NULL,\n `test_text` text NULL,\n `test_datetime` datetime NULL,\n `test_default_timestamp` datetime NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP\n) ENGINE=OLAP\nDUPLICATE KEY(`test_varchar`)\nCOMMENT 'OLAP'\nDISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`test_varchar`) BUCKETS 10\nPROPERTIES (\n"replication_allocation" = "tag.location.default: 1",\n"in_memory" = "false",\n"storage_format" = "V2",\n"disable_auto_compaction" = "false"\n);
+test_ctas2 CREATE TABLE `test_ctas2` (\n `test_varchar` varchar(65533) NULL,\n `test_text` text NULL,\n `test_datetime` datetime NULL,\n `test_default_timestamp` datetime NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP\n) ENGINE=OLAP\nDUPLICATE KEY(`test_varchar`)\nCOMMENT 'OLAP'\nDISTRIBUTED BY HASH(`test_varchar`) BUCKETS 10\nPROPERTIES (\n"replication_allocation" = "tag.location.default: 1",\n"in_memory" = "false",\n"storage_format" = "V2",\n"disable_auto_compaction" = "false"\n);
-- !select --
2