How to make sql-mode=“NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION” permanent in MySQL my.cnf

Question

UPDATE FIXED 1/18/15

After we recently updated to MySQL 5.6.27 (from the Ubuntu repo), this option now works. So this appears to have been a problem with the previ

Answer 1

The solution is pretty easy... Searched for it for a while and it turns out that you just have to edit 2 config-files:

• /usr/my.cnf
• /etc/mysql/my.cnf

in both files you'll have to add:

[mysqld]
...
sql_mode=NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION

At least, that's what's working for 5.6.24-2+deb.sury.org~precise+2