diff --git a/xml/queries.xml b/xml/queries.xml
index 9a68d0417..48abe7371 100644
--- a/xml/queries.xml
+++ b/xml/queries.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <!-- MySQL -->
     <dbms value="MySQL">
         <cast query="CAST(%s AS CHAR)"/>
-        <length query="LENGTH(%s)"/>
+        <length query="CHAR_LENGTH(%s)"/>
         <isnull query="IFNULL(%s,' ')"/>
         <delimiter query=","/>
         <limit query="LIMIT %d,%d"/>