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Error when setting system variable to `ON`

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
mariadb, php, sql
Domain
databases

Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by reproducing the MariaDB 11.4.4 query in sql-parser, then trace how ON is classified by the lexer or parser. Done means the query parses without an error.

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Description

bug

ON gets mistaken for a keyword here.
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There should be no error, the query works.
MariaDB 11.4.4
sql-parser 5.10 & master

Dominant language
PHP
Stars
485
Forks
119
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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