'Set the connection sql_mode. See MySQL documentation for
legal values.'

def set_sql_mode(self, sql_mode):

    if (self._server_version < (4, 1)):
        raise NotSupportedError('server    is    too    old    to    set    sql_mode')
    self.query(("SET    SESSION    sql_mode='%s'" % sql_mode))
    self.store_result()
