@swguy if you are asking about a shared hosting environment, and the settings of a global config for mysql, we are now getting beyond the resources i have available to test and check. as well as the energy.

i suppose you bring up an interesting point. hard to imagine a host having different settings for different versions.... but no doubt possible/probable. and pretty easy to tell the host that they have changed the settings across versions.

that said, i am sure in a shared hosting environment that is properly setup, one could change the config to only affect your account as opposed to the whole server. similar to having one's own php config, i'm positive one could globally change mysql mode configs to ONLY affect their account.... but don't quote me on it...

best.