Closed auge8472 closed 3 months ago
I just tried this on my recent upgrade to 20240729.1, and it worked correctly with no errors. I'm running MariaDB 11.
So, I did some digging. This error is due to a setting in both MySQL and MariaDB called "ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY". If enabled, the restriction / error you are experiencing is encountered. Up until at least recently, the default is Enabled, meaning the error will occur / be displayed.
My version of MariaDB is a recent (past year) install, and see that my implementation has this Disabled. I did not change any settings, so either MariaDB's default has been changed or it is due to my host provider removing / changing this setting by default. Either way, we clearly need to code SQL as if this restriction is in place.
Let me take a look.
OK, adding ", ft.last_reply" to the same SELECT DISTINCT list (Line 88) should resolve that as well. I tested it on my instance and nothing broke, so that is a start at least.
$display_page_threads = "SELECT DISTINCT ft.tid, ft.sticky, ft.time, ft.last_reply FROM ".$db_settings['forum_table']." AS ft
I also see that I do not have Admin privileges to change this setting / test it out. It is apparently locked down by our provider, so hopefully you can confirm easily enough.
OK, adding ", ft.last_reply" to the same SELECT DISTINCT list (Line 88) should resolve that as well. I tested it on my instance and nothing broke, so that is a start at least.
That's what I did (pull request will follow).
I also see that I do not have Admin privileges to change this setting / test it out. It is apparently locked down by our provider, so hopefully you can confirm easily enough.
I suspect this to be the default behaviour on most not self administrated servers/webspaces. As you wrote:
Either way, we clearly need to code SQL as if this restriction is in place.
This error is due to a setting in both MySQL and MariaDB called "ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY". If enabled, the restriction / error you are experiencing is encountered.
It was not clear to me in a first sight, that DISTINCT
can have the restrictions of GROUP BY
. But it is actually comparable because selecting one row of a identical group of rows is like grouping and melting the lines of the group into one resulting line. Furthermore, a similar restriction (all columns, that get selected in a SELECT
with a GROUP BY
, have to take part in the GROUP BY
) is mandatory in example on a MS SQL Server.
Anyway, the pull request (#732) is ready unless someone else finds another SQL error within a short time.
When ordering a result of a database request, that is selected with
DISTINCT
, the column by which it should be sorted by must be part of theSELECT
. This case comes up, when one wants to reorder the threads on the main overview page.