MySQL BLACKHOLE Engine (again)

My previous post about this was run on a MySQL installation on UNIX. I decided to have another go using the MySQL on my home PC, which is installed on Windows XP. First I had a look for the have_blackhole_engine variable but I could not find it:
  

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'have_blackhole_engine';
Empty set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

But I decided to carry on and created a table using the BLACKHOLE engine:

mysql> use test

Database changed

mysql> create table andrew (col1 varchar(10));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.41 sec)

mysql> alter table andrew engine = blackhole;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.17 sec)
Records: 0  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql>

Then I inserted a row into the table and looked for it but it had gone so this time it had worked as expected:

mysql> insert into andrew values ('Fred');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> select * from andrew;
Empty set (0.00 sec)

mysql>