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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