Backward compatible empty sql mode for MySql databases greater than release 5.5.

diff --git a/includes/db/connect_db.inc b/includes/db/connect_db.inc
index b0c33f6489c30f2fbf18368a822cfc0bd0027d41..5b4293eb10ed8d001b803fd2e6ef5a7b4426cba1 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/db/connect_db.inc
+++ b/includes/db/connect_db.inc
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ function set_global_connection($company=-1)
 
        $db = mysql_connect($connection["host"], $connection["dbuser"], $connection["dbpassword"]);
                mysql_select_db($connection["dbname"], $db);
+       ///// From MySql release 5.6.6 the sql_mode is no longer empty as it was prior to
+       ///// this release. Just for safety we set it empty for all 5.6 release and higher.
+       ///// This non empty sql_mode values can interphere with FA, so all is set empty during
+       ///// our sessions.
+       ///// We are, however, investigating the existing code to be compatible in the future.
+       ///// We are also working on a mysql/mysqli solution to go to release 2.4.
+       if (strncmp(mysql_get_server_info(), "5.6", 3) >= 0) 
+               db_query("SET sql_mode = ''");
+       /////
        return $db;
 }