Quick Question on Persistence

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners
1

I have the following:

items:

Switch VacationMode "Vacation Mode" (Weather)

And I turn it on.

Then I save the items file again after making some change and the VacationMode toggle goes back to off.

In my database I have:

mysql> select * from OpenHAB.Item29;
+---------------------+-------+
| Time                | Value |
+---------------------+-------+
| 2016-04-28 14:50:13 | ON    |
+---------------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Is there a setting I need to change or a configuration in my Switch item to force it to reread it’s persistent value after reloading?

EDIT to add:

Here is my mysql.persist file:

Strategies {
    default = everyChange
}

Items {
    * : strategy = default, restoreOnStartup
}
2

NEVERMIND, error in my mysql.persist

Changed it to this:

// persistence strategies have a name and a definition and are referred to in the "Items" section
Strategies {
    everyHour : "0 0 * * * ?"
    everyDay  : "0 0 0 * * ?"

    // if no strategy is specified for an item entry below, the default list will be used
    default = everyChange
}

/* 
 * Each line in this section defines for which item(s) which strategy(ies) should be applied.
 * You can list single items, use "*" for all items or "groupitem*" for all members of a group
 * item (excl. the group item itself).
 */
Items {
    // persist all items once a day and on every change and restore them from the db at startup
    * : strategy = everyChange, everyDay, restoreOnStartup

    // additionally, persist all temperature and weather values every hour
    Temperature*, Weather* : strategy = everyHour
}

And it works as expected now.