diff --git a/dialects/mssql.go b/dialects/mssql.go
index 4350ed89..e517e688 100644
--- a/dialects/mssql.go
+++ b/dialects/mssql.go
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ func (db *mssql) GetColumns(queryer core.Queryer, ctx context.Context, tableName
 	cols := make(map[string]*schemas.Column)
 	colSeq := make([]string, 0)
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var name, ctype, vdefault, collation string
+		var name, ctype, vdefault string
+		var collation *string
 		var maxLen, precision, scale int64
 		var nullable, isPK, defaultIsNull, isIncrement bool
 		err = rows.Scan(&name, &ctype, &maxLen, &precision, &scale, &nullable, &defaultIsNull, &vdefault, &isPK, &isIncrement, &collation)
@@ -499,7 +500,9 @@ func (db *mssql) GetColumns(queryer core.Queryer, ctx context.Context, tableName
 		} else {
 			col.Length = maxLen
 		}
-		col.Collation = collation
+		if collation != nil {
+			col.Collation = *collation
+		}
 		switch ct {
 		case "DATETIMEOFFSET":
 			col.SQLType = schemas.SQLType{Name: schemas.TimeStampz, DefaultLength: 0, DefaultLength2: 0}
diff --git a/dialects/mysql.go b/dialects/mysql.go
index 16d1fc66..5663d1dd 100644
--- a/dialects/mysql.go
+++ b/dialects/mysql.go
@@ -426,9 +426,9 @@ func (db *mysql) GetColumns(queryer core.Queryer, ctx context.Context, tableName
 		col := new(schemas.Column)
 		col.Indexes = make(map[string]int)
 
-		var columnName, nullableStr, colType, colKey, extra, comment, collation string
+		var columnName, nullableStr, colType, colKey, extra, comment string
 		var alreadyQuoted, isUnsigned bool
-		var colDefault, maxLength *string
+		var colDefault, maxLength, collation *string
 		err = rows.Scan(&columnName, &nullableStr, &colDefault, &colType, &colKey, &extra, &comment, &maxLength, &alreadyQuoted, &collation)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
@@ -445,7 +445,9 @@ func (db *mysql) GetColumns(queryer core.Queryer, ctx context.Context, tableName
 		} else {
 			col.DefaultIsEmpty = true
 		}
-		col.Collation = collation
+		if collation != nil {
+			col.Collation = *collation
+		}
 
 		fields := strings.Fields(colType)
 		if len(fields) == 2 && fields[1] == "unsigned" {