MySQL's wait_timeout incorrect in SQLyog
问题 Following this question, I set the following MySQL parameter in C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\my.ini (the equivalent of Linux's my.cfg ): [mysqld] wait_timeout=2147483 After restarting Windows I used SQLyog to see the effect: SHOW SESSION VARIABLES LIKE 'wait_timeout' gave a result of 28800 SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'wait_timeout' gave a result of 2147483 How come? I thought the global parameters are used as the default for each new session. 回答1: Bonus answer: I've gone through the