SET @start_value = @@global.general_log_file; SELECT @start_value; @start_value test.log '#---------------------FN_DYNVARS_004_01-------------------------#' SET @@global.general_log_file = DEFAULT; SELECT RIGHT(@@global.general_log_file,10) AS log_file; log_file master.log '#--------------------FN_DYNVARS_004_02------------------------#' SET @@global.general_log_file = mytest.log; ERROR 42000: Variable 'general_log_file' can't be set to the value of 'log' '#----------------------FN_DYNVARS_004_03------------------------#' SELECT @@global.general_log_file = VARIABLE_VALUE FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.GLOBAL_VARIABLES WHERE VARIABLE_NAME='general_log_file'; @@global.general_log_file = VARIABLE_VALUE 1