General error 1651 after a mysql migration

Question

I finished migration from 5.1 to 5.6, and (with the same queries as before) mysql complains right away about:

General error: 1651 Query cache is disabled; restart the server with query_cache_type=1 to enable it

I don't want the query cache enabled (that's an app with lots of writting), and my file my.ini looks like this:

# The MySQL server
[mysqld]
# ... other parameters...

query_cache_type = 0
query_cache_size = 0

Also, on connect, my php connection wrapper always executes

SET SESSION query_cache_type = OFF

What I don't understand is

1. Why the parameters apparently do not work
2. Why does mysql even have to complain about a parameter that is disabled when it is the user's choice to do so.

Enlightment needed - Thanks!

Answer 1

I think the SET SESSION query_cache_type = OFF is causing this. In the Query Cache Configuration page it states:

If you set query_cache_type at server startup (rather than at runtime with a SET statement), only the numeric values are permitted.

And since you are starting the server with cache disabled, there is no need to use that SET anyway.

As to why it throws an error (both with = OFF and = 0), it may have to do with this note in Server System Variables page:

• query_cache_type

...

If the server is started with query_cache_type set to 0, it does not acquire the query cache mutex at all, which means that the query cache cannot be enabled at runtime and there is reduced overhead in query execution.

My interpretation is that the variable has both Global and Session scope but only if it not set to off at startup.