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10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions README.md
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Default: false
```

`strict=true` enables the strict mode in which MySQL warnings are treated as errors.
`strict=true` enables a driver-side strict mode in which MySQL warnings are treated as errors. This mode should not be used in production as it may lead to data corruption in certain situations.

By default MySQL also treats notes as warnings. Use [`sql_notes=false`](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/server-system-variables.html#sysvar_sql_notes) to ignore notes. See the [examples](#examples) for an DSN example.
A server-side strict mode, which is safe for production use, can be set via the [`sql_mode`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/sql-mode.html) system variable.

By default MySQL also treats notes as warnings. Use [`sql_notes=false`](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/server-system-variables.html#sysvar_sql_notes) to ignore notes.


##### `timeout`
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user:password@tcp(localhost:5555)/dbname?tls=skip-verify&autocommit=true
```

Use the [strict mode](#strict) but ignore notes:
Treat warnings as errors by setting the system variable [`sql_mode`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/sql-mode.html):
```
user:password@/dbname?strict=true&sql_notes=false
user:password@/dbname?sql_mode=TRADITIONAL
```

TCP via IPv6:
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