=== modified file 'includes/database.mysqli.inc'
--- includes/database.mysqli.inc	2008-02-17 19:39:11 +0000
+++ includes/database.mysqli.inc	2008-02-21 06:37:42 +0000
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ function db_connect($url) {
 
   // Force UTF-8.
   mysqli_query($connection, 'SET NAMES "utf8"');
+  // Require ANSI mode to improve SQL portability.
+  mysqli_query($connection, "SET SESSION sql_mode='ANSI'");
 
   return $connection;
 }
@@ -120,8 +122,6 @@ function _db_query($query, $debug = 0) {
   }
 
   if (!mysqli_errno($active_db)) {
-    // Require ANSI mode to improve SQL portability.
-    mysqli_query($active_db, "SET SESSION sql_mode='ANSI'");
     return $result;
   }
   else {