先上結論
如果 only_full_group_by 被啓用，那麼在查詢時，如果某個列不在group by 列表中，此時如果不對該列進行聚合處理，則該列不能出現在 select 列表，having 條件中及order by 列表中
MySQL 8.0 默認啓用了sql_mode，我們可以通過 select @@session.sql_mode 查看會話中的 sql_mode 配置。
mysql> SELECT @@session.sql_mode;
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| @@session.sql_mode
|
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
有這麼一張表
CREATE TABLE `mytable`
(
`id` int unsigned NOT NULL,
`a` varchar(10) COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci DEFAULT NULL,
`b` int DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE = InnoDB
DEFAULT CHARSET = utf8mb4
COLLATE = utf8mb4_general_ci;
INSERT INTO mytable
VALUES (1, 'abc', 1000),
(2, 'abc', 2000),
(3, 'def', 4000);
當我們執行的 SQL 語句包含聚合函數時，MYSQL 提示需要使用 GROUP BY 進行分組。
mysql> SELECT a,SUM(b) FROM mytable;
ERROR 1140 (42000): In aggregated query without GROUP BY,
expression #1 of SELECT list contains nonaggregated column 'study.mytable.a';
this is incompatible with sql_mode=only_full_group_by
如果我們關掉 only_full_group_by 限制，SQL 語句就正常執行了，但又沒有完全正常執行。
mysql> SET sql_mode = '';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT a,SUM(b) FROM mytable;
+------+--------+
| a | SUM(b) |
+------+--------+
| abc | 7000 |
+------+--------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
可以看到，雖然我們得到了 SUM(b) 的值爲 7000 是期望的，但是 a 的值爲 abc 不是我們期望的。
MySQL 8.0 裏的文檔提到這麼一句話
the query is processed by treating all rows as a single group, but the value selected for each named column is nondeterministic
在這個例子中，a 的值就是不確定的
當 WHERE 過濾條件中包含了 SELECT 列表中全部非聚合列的字段，則在開啓 only_full_group_by 下也可以正常工作
In this case, every such column must be limited to a single value in theWHEREclause, and all such limiting conditions must be joined by logicalAND
mysql> SET SESSION sql_mode = sys.list_add(@@session.sql_mode, 'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY');
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> SELECT a,SUM(b) FROM mytable;
ERROR 1140 (42000): In aggregated query without GROUP BY, expression #1 of SELECT list contains nonaggregated column 'study.mytable.a'; this is incompatible with sql_mode=only_full_group_by
mysql> SELECT a, SUM(b) FROM mytable WHERE a = 'abc';
+------+--------+
| a | SUM(b) |
+------+--------+
| abc | 3000 |
+------+--------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM mytable1;
+----+------+------+-------+
| id | a | b | c |
+----+------+------+-------+
| 1 | abc | qrs | 1000 |
| 2 | abc | tuv | 2000 |
| 3 | def | qrs | 4000 |
| 4 | def | tuv | 8000 |
| 5 | abc | qrs | 16000 |
| 6 | def | tuv | 32000 |
+----+------+------+-------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT a, b, SUM(c) FROM mytable1 WHERE a = 'abc' OR b = 'qrs';
ERROR 1140 (42000): In aggregated query without GROUP BY, expression #1 of SELECT list contains nonaggregated column 'study.mytable1.a'; this is incompatible with sql_mode=only_full_group_by
mysql> SELECT a, b, SUM(c) FROM mytable1 WHERE a = 'abc' AND b = 'qrs';
+------+------+--------+
| a | b | SUM(c) |
+------+------+--------+
| abc | qrs | 17000 |
+------+------+--------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
這種方式可以理解爲通過條件限制確定了分組條件。因爲沒有指名分組時，MySQL 將所有字段視爲一個組處理。
在開啓 only_full_group_by 限制時，也可以通過 ANY_VALUE 函數，使MySQL 正常執行語句，顯而易見的是，我們得到的值是不確切的。
mysql> SELECT a,SUM(b) FROM mytable;
ERROR 1140 (42000): In aggregated query without GROUP BY, expression #1 of SELECT list contains nonaggregated column 'study.mytable.a'; this is incompatible with sql_mode=only_full_group_by
mysql> SELECT ANY_VALUE(a),SUM(b) FROM mytable;
+--------------+--------+
| ANY_VALUE(a) | SUM(b) |
+--------------+--------+
| abc | 7000 |
+--------------+--------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
綜上，在使用聚合函數的場景中，使用 GROUP BY 進行分組可以確保邏輯嚴謹性。
推薦閱讀：
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/counting-rows.html
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/group-by-handling.html