Sometimes MySQL STRICT mode cause Zencart to throw the following error:
PHP Fatal error: 1406:Data too long for column ‘products_name’ at row 1
To resolve this issue you need to turn off MySQL STRICT mode. You can achieve this by two methods.
1. Edit MySQL global configuration file
Open MySQL configuration file vi /etc/my.cnf
and search for the word sql_mode Here you can see a lot of variable removes all other variables and keep the variable NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION
sql_mode = NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION
exit editor and restart MySQL service
To confirm the STRICT mode is turned off please run the following command at the command line
# mysql -e ‘select @@GLOBAL.sql_mode;’
It will return a result as follows.
+————————+
| @@GLOBAL.sql_mode |
+————————+
| NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION |
+————————+
2. WHM global PHPMyAdmin
You can turn off MySQL STRICT mode from WHM PHPMyAdmin as well. Login to WHM -> SQL services -> PHPMyAdmin
Click variables ( Top right side ) and search for the word “SQL mode” Here you can see an option to edit the variables. Remove all variable except NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION
