create definer = `mysql.sys`@localhost function sys.list_drop(in_list text, in_drop_value text) returns text comment ' Description ----------- Takes a list, and a value to attempt to remove from the list, and returns the resulting list. Useful for altering certain session variables, like sql_mode or optimizer_switch for instance. Parameters ----------- in_list (TEXT): The comma separated list to drop a value from in_drop_value (TEXT): The value to drop from the input list Returns ----------- TEXT Example -------- mysql> select @@sql_mode; +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | @@sql_mode | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ANSI_QUOTES,ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> set sql_mode = sys.list_drop(@@sql_mode, ''ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY''); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec) mysql> select @@sql_mode; +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | @@sql_mode | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ANSI_QUOTES,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) ' deterministic sql security invoker BEGIN IF (in_drop_value IS NULL) THEN SIGNAL SQLSTATE '02200' SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Function sys.list_drop: in_drop_value input variable should not be NULL', MYSQL_ERRNO = 1138; END IF; IF (in_list IS NULL OR LENGTH(in_list) = 0) THEN -- return the list as it was passed in RETURN in_list; END IF; -- ensure that leading / trailing commas are remove, support values with either spaces or not between commas RETURN (SELECT TRIM(BOTH ',' FROM REPLACE(REPLACE(CONCAT(',', in_list), CONCAT(',', in_drop_value), ''), CONCAT(', ', in_drop_value), ''))); END;