Re: MySQL 5 comparison

On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 05:37:19PM -0800, Jeff Davis wrote:
> What caught my eye is the "strict mode".  I wonder if they are going
> to start promoting the reporting of errors?  Right now MySQL seems
> to have the philosophy that "if the input is wrong, it is better to
> do something than nothing" (e.g. inserting Feb 31st into a date
> field).

Right.

> Perhaps they're trying to change that philosophy slowly with this
> strict mode?

If that change is coming, it's coming slowly.  "strict mode" is not
the default, nor are there plans to make it so :P

Cheers,
D
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