sql_mode=only_full_group_by

To solve this on the DO MySQL Cloud DBs, we added the following to the MySQL 8 SQL mode defaults:

ANSI (Shorthand) ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION NO_ZERO_DATE NO_ZERO_IN_DATE STRICT_ALL_TABLES STRICT_TRANS_TABLES

If anyone is still having this issue on droplets, please check this out. It will solve it. HERE

Hi all,

now we dont need any custom code on function or wherever else. You can easily control these options from database dashboard on DO admin panel.

Here you got all information. https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/databases/mysql/how-to/set-sql-mode/

Thanks, Giorgos

Does anyone have a working solution for this yet? I’m still seeing errors like the following on current WordPress sites using DigitalOcean’s managed MySQL database:

WordPress database error: [Expression #1 of ORDER BY clause is not in SELECT list, references column 'mastersgallery.wp_posts.post_date' which is not in SELECT list; this is incompatible with DISTINCT]
SELECT DISTINCT YEAR( post_date ) AS year, MONTH( post_date ) AS month FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = 'attachment' ORDER BY post_date DESC

Hi @jorgv

Actually I haven’t got any reply since my first contact, will do a follow up to see if they have any news.

Thanks

Hi,

Sure!

Although is the latest wp version I managed to solve this problem by using the following function on functions.php

add_action( 'init', 'mysqlfix',-1 );

function mysqlfix() {
	global $wpdb;
	# Removed ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY
	$wpdb->set_sql_mode("SET SESSION sql_mode = 'REAL_AS_FLOAT,PIPES_AS_CONCAT,ANSI_QUOTES,IGNORE_SPACE,ANSI,STRICT_ALL_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION'");
}

Technicians from DO said they will let me know when is fixed on their side so I won’t need this piece of code anymore. Still haven’t heard form them.

Thanks, Giorgos

Hello,

What is the WordPress version that you are using?

As far as I can see with the latest WordPress version there is a set_sql_mode method that auto checks the sql_mode and ensures that the correct one is set for the current session:

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/master/wp-includes/wp-db.php

If you are already using the latest one and it still does not work, I think that you might have to contact your SQL provider and ask them if they could adjust this for you.

Regards, Bobby