(root@localhost) [(none)]> create database testdatabase;

Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)

(root@localhost) [(none)]> use testdatabase;

Database changed

(root@localhost) [testdatabase]> create table simple (test blob);     

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)

(root@localhost) [testdatabase]> show variables like 'use_stat_tables';

+-----------------+-------+

| Variable_name   | Value |

+-----------------+-------+

| use_stat_tables | NEVER |

+-----------------+-------+

1 row in set (0.00 sec)

(root@localhost) [testdatabase]> analyze table simple; 

+---------------------+---------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

| Table               | Op      | Msg_type | Msg_text                                                          |

+---------------------+---------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

| testdatabase.simple | analyze | Warning  | Engine-independent statistics are not collected for column 'test' |

| testdatabase.simple | analyze | status   | OK                                                                |

+---------------------+---------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

(get_use_stat_tables_mode(thd) > NEVER || 

         lex->with_persistent_for_clause)