--sql-safe-updates

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The parent of this page is: mariadbd & mysqld for MariaDB Enterprise Server

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• Overview

• USAGE

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  • SYNONYMS

  • SCHEMA

  • PARAMETERS

  • SKYSQL

  • PRIVILEGES

• EXAMPLES

• ERROR HANDLING

• FEATURE INTERACTION

• RESPONSES

• DIAGNOSIS

• ISO 9075:2016

• CHANGE HISTORY

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Overview

This is a command-line option for the mariadbd & mysqld commands.

In 11.4 ES, 10.6 ES, 10.6 CS, 10.5 ES, 10.5 CS, 10.4 ES, 10.4 CS, 10.3 ES, 10.3 CS:

If set to 1, UPDATEs and DELETEs need either a key in the WHERE clause, or a LIMIT clause, or else they will aborted. Prevents the common mistake of accidentally deleting or updating every row in a table.

In 10.2 ES, 10.2 CS:

Not present

See also: mariadbd & mysqld for MariaDB Enterprise Server 11.4, in 10.6 ES, in 10.5 ES, in 10.4 ES, in 10.3 ES, in 10.2 ES, in 10.6 CS, in 10.5 CS, in 10.4 CS, in 10.3 CS, and in 10.2 CS