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MySQL Learning Notes: Data Engine

View the current database supported engines

show engines
+--------------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
| Engine       | Support | Comment                            | Transactions | XA  | Savepoints |
+--------------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
| InnoDB       | DEFAULT | Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys   | YES     | YES | YES    |
| MRG_MYISAM     | YES   | Collection of identical MyISAM tables             | NO      | NO  | NO     |
| MEMORY       | YES   | Hash based, stored in memory, useful for temporary tables   | NO      | NO  | NO     |
| BLACKHOLE     | YES   | /dev/null storage engine (anything you write to it disappears) | NO      | NO  | NO     |
| MyISAM       | YES   | MyISAM storage engine                     | NO      | NO  | NO     |
| CSV        | YES   | CSV storage engine                       | NO      | NO  | NO     |
| ARCHIVE      | YES   | Archive storage engine                     | NO      | NO  | NO     |
| PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA | YES   | Performance Schema                       | NO      | NO  | NO     |
| FEDERATED     | NO   | Federated MySQL storage engine                 | NULL     | NULL | NULL    |
+--------------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Or

show engines \G
mysql> show engines \G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
   Engine: InnoDB
   Support: DEFAULT
   Comment: Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys
Transactions: YES
     XA: YES
 Savepoints: YES
*************************** 2. row ***************************
   Engine: MRG_MYISAM
   Support: YES
   Comment: Collection of identical MyISAM tables
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 3. row ***************************
   Engine: MEMORY
   Support: YES
   Comment: Hash based, stored in memory, useful for temporary tables
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 4. row ***************************
   Engine: BLACKHOLE
   Support: YES
   Comment: /dev/null storage engine (anything you write to it disappears)
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 5. row ***************************
   Engine: MyISAM
   Support: YES
   Comment: MyISAM storage engine
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 6. row ***************************
   Engine: CSV
   Support: YES
   Comment: CSV storage engine
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 7. row ***************************
   Engine: ARCHIVE
   Support: YES
   Comment: Archive storage engine
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 8. row ***************************
   Engine: PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA
   Support: YES
   Comment: Performance Schema
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 9. row ***************************
   Engine: FEDERATED
   Support: NO
   Comment: Federated MySQL storage engine
Transactions: NULL
     XA: NULL
 Savepoints: NULL
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Engine name
Support whether supported YES supported, NO not supported
Comment evaluation or remarks Defalut indicates, default supported engine
Transactions whether supported YES supported, NO not supported
XA whether all supported distributed conforms to XA specification YES supported, NO not supported
Savepoints whether supported in transaction processing YES supported, NO not supported

Or

show variables like ‘have%’

mysql> show variables like 'have%';
+------------------------+----------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+------------------------+----------+
| have_compress | YES |
| have_crypt | NO |
| have_dynamic_loading | YES |
| have_geometry | YES |
| have_openssl | DISABLED |
| have_profiling | YES |
| have_query_cache | YES |
| have_rtree_keys | YES |
| have_ssl | DISABLED |
| have_statement_timeout | YES |
| have_symlink | YES |
+------------------------+----------+
11 rows in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)

Variable_name Engine Name
value whether supported YES supported, NO not supported, DISABLED indicates supported but not enabled

View Default Engine

show variables like ‘%storage_engine%’

mysql> show variables like '%storage_engine%';
+----------------------------------+--------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+----------------------------------+--------+
| default_storage_engine | InnoDB |
| default_tmp_storage_engine | InnoDB |
| disabled_storage_engines |    |
| internal_tmp_disk_storage_engine | InnoDB |
+----------------------------------+--------+
4 rows in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)

InnoDB as the default engine

Modify the default engine

my.ini file

[mysqld]
# The next three options are mutually exclusive to SERVER_PORT below.
# skip-networking
# enable-named-pipe
# shared-memory
# shared-memory-base-name=MYSQL
# The Pipe the MySQL Server will use
# socket=MYSQL
# The TCP/IP Port the MySQL Server will listen on, default port number
port=3306
# Path to installation directory. All paths are usually resolved relative to this. The default installation directory of the server
# basedir="C:/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.7/"
# Path to the database root, the directory of database data files
datadir=C:/ProgramData/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.7\Data
# The default character set that will be used when a new schema or table is
# Modify the server default character set if no character set is defined when created
character-set-server=utf8
# The default storage engine that will be used when creating new tables when
# Modify the default engine here
default-storage-engine=INNODB

Restart the Mysql service after modification