drop table if exists t1; set sql_mode="MySQL40"; select @@sql_mode; @@sql_mode MYSQL40,HIGH_NOT_PRECEDENCE set @@sql_mode="ANSI"; select @@sql_mode; @@sql_mode REAL_AS_FLOAT,PIPES_AS_CONCAT,ANSI_QUOTES,IGNORE_SPACE,ANSI SELECT 'A' || 'B'; 'A' || 'B' AB CREATE TABLE t1 (id INT, id2 int); SELECT id,NULL,1,1.1,'a' FROM t1 GROUP BY id; id NULL 1 1.1 a SELECT id FROM t1 GROUP BY id2; id drop table t1; SET @@SQL_MODE=""; CREATE TABLE t1 (i int auto_increment NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (i)); SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `i` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, PRIMARY KEY (`i`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 SET @@SQL_MODE="MYSQL323"; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `i` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, PRIMARY KEY (`i`) ) TYPE=MyISAM SET @@SQL_MODE="MYSQL40"; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `i` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, PRIMARY KEY (`i`) ) TYPE=MyISAM SET @@SQL_MODE="NO_FIELD_OPTIONS"; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `i` int(11) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`i`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t1;