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Incompatible with sql_modeonly_full_group_by

While migrating a client website from one WHM/cPanel to another WHM/cPanel,

We got an SQL error “Incompatible with sql_mode=only_full_group_by“. Below is the complete error message.

SELECT list is not in GROUP BY clause and contains nonaggregated column 'dbname.p.picfile'

Today, let us see the steps followed by our support techs to resolve incompatible error

Remove ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY in my.cnf file

If you have access to MySQL configuration file my.cnf, open the file:

# vim /etc/mysql/my.cnf

and add the below line to the end of the file:

[mysqld]  
 sql_mode = "STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"

Restart the MySQL service:

# systemctrl restart mysql

Remove ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY in WHM/cPanel

If your domain is on a cPanel (Shared Hosting), then you need to contact your hosting provider to update the same.

If you have access to WHM, then access PHPMyAdmin under SQL Services from WHM as shown below:

Click on Variables from the menu and search for SQL_MODE

Click on edit button and change remove ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY. Once edited, click on  save.

That’s it!

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Conclusion

In this article, we provide a quick and simple solution from our Support team to how to resolve Incompatible with sql_mode=only_full_group_by