Why MySQL init_connect variable gets updated after rebooting? After SET GLOBAL init_connect=''; query everything works fine. However after rebooting the server or restarting the MySQL service it updates the init_connect value to some random value (OÇÿOÇÖ). Do I need to set init_connect to '' after every reboot or is there any solution for that?

Thanks in advance,

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You will have to find the my.ini, look for init_connect, and change it, remove it, or comment it out.

Then, run

net stop mysql
net start mysql


If the values keep getting reset anyway, you have to do the following:

Create a file called C:\mysql_init.sql the the contents

SET GLOBAL init_connect='';


Go back to my.ini and add this line

init_file=C:/mysql_init.sql


then run

net stop mysql
net start mysql


If you do not do this, you will have to run SET GLOBAL init_connect=''; after every reboot

This is funny. I talked about this before : Screwed up MySQL init_connect. Based on that old post of mine, I would check what character sets you are working with.

Perhaps you can put something bogus like

[mysqld]
init_connect='SET autocommit=1'


and restart mysql.