Merge pull request #554 from seamuslee001/lab_core_90

dev/core#90 Add in documentation of the disabling and re-enabling of …

docs/framework/database/index.md

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 ## Tools
 
 Documentation on tools to interact with the CiviCRM Database still to come.
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+## Useful coding structures
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+### Only full group by
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+When writing direct Database queries sometimes they can cause issues due to the sql mode `ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY` which aims to ensure that all columns in the group by / order by are in the select query and aggregated properly. If a query is particularly problematic that SQL mode can be temporarily disabled by putting a call in to `CRM_Core_DAO::disableFullGroupByMode()` before the DB query function then `CRM_Core_DAO::reenableFullGroupByMode()` immediately after. It is recommended that the original query is fixed rather than deploying this workaround however the workaround maybe the only real solution.