In a MySQL environment that is not strict, is there a way to test a query using strict?

I know that there is STRICT_ALL_TABLES, but I am not the admin and absolutely cannot set that on the database. However, I was wondering if I could set that for a query, kind of like select SQL_NO_CACHE, for debugging purposes.

version is 5.1.42

Thanks!

You can set strict mode just for your connection with

SET SESSION sql_mode='STRICT_ALL_TABLES';

Having set it, you can then execute your query on the same connection.

See manual for more details.