I am relatively new to mySQL but have a lot of Oracle administration experience. My question is...how do I tell if a table was created using the InnoDB or MyISAM storage engine? By the way, I am running MySQL 4.1. Is there a data dictionary I can query to see the various attributes of each table?
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How do I tell...InnoDb or MyISAM?
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You can use the "describe" action to get information on the table's fields or attributes.
describe 'tablename'
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describe 'tablename'
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Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
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No, but you already told him how to get the engine. I was just adding the o option of using describe to get the fields. Obviously the Show Create Table also shows the fields
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
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