Was ist der Standardrückgabetyp des MySQL-Kontrollflussoperators IFNULL()?

mysql> Create table testing Select IFNULL(100,'testing123');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)
Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0

mysql> Select * from testing568;
+-----------------------+
| IFNULL(100,'testing') |
+-----------------------+
| 100                   |
+-----------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> Describe testing568;
+-----------------------+------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field                 | Type       | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-----------------------+------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| IFNULL(100,'testing') | varchar(7) | NO   |     |         |       |
+-----------------------+------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)