Can't get init_connect='AUTOCOMMIT=0' to work

[Scott Mills]

Hi all,

I've got 4.1.3 installed on Linux.. everything fine so far except for getting the init_connect string to work.

I followed the instructions on
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Server_system_variables.html

and added the below line to my '/etc/my.cnf' file under [mysqld]:
init_connect='SET AUTOCOMMIT=0'

When I restart the server and start mysql, I can see that the init_connect was read:
mysql> select @@init_connect;
+--------------------+
| @@init_connect |
+--------------------+
| SET AUTOCOMMIT=0|
+--------------------+

However, the Autocommit variable is still 1!
mysql> select @@AUTOCOMMIT;
+-----------------+
| @@AUTOCOMMIT|
+-----------------+
| 1|
+-----------------+

Anyone seen this before or know what's wrong??

Thx in advance,
Scott.