SHOW ENGINES
SHOW [STORAGE] ENGINES
This statement lists the table types or storage engines
available for the version of MySQL running on the server. It states
which are disabled on the server and which are enabled, as well as
which is the default type. It also provides comments on each type. The
STORAGE keyword is optional
and has no effect on the results. This SQL statement replaces
SHOW TABLE TYPES, which produced the same results,
but is deprecated. Here is an example of this statement:
SHOW ENGINES \G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Engine: ndbcluster
Support: DISABLED
Comment: Clustered, fault-tolerant tables
Transactions: YES
XA: NO
Savepoints: NO
*************************** 2. row ***************************
Engine: MRG_MYISAM
Support: YES
Comment: Collection of identical MyISAM tables
Transactions: NO
XA: NO
Savepoints: NO
*************************** 3. row ***************************
Engine: BLACKHOLE
Support: YES
Comment: /dev/null storage engine (anything you write to it disappears)
Transactions: NO
XA: NO
Savepoints: NO
*************************** 4. row ***************************
Engine: CSV
Support: YES
Comment: CSV storage engine
Transactions: NO
XA: NO
Savepoints: NO
*************************** 5. row ***************************
Engine: MEMORY
Support: YES
Comment: Hash based, stored in memory, useful for temporary tables
Transactions: NO
XA: NO
Savepoints: NO
*************************** 6. row ***************************
Engine: FEDERATED
Support: YES
Comment: Federated MySQL storage engine
Transactions: YES
XA: NO
Savepoints: NO
*************************** 7. row ***************************
Engine: ARCHIVE
Support: YES
Comment: Archive storage engine
Transactions: NO
XA: NO
Savepoints: NO
*************************** 8. row ***************************
Engine: InnoDB
Support: YES
Comment: Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys
Transactions: YES
XA: YES
Savepoints: YES
*************************** 9. row ***************************
Engine: MyISAM
Support: DEFAULT
Comment: Default engine as of MySQL 3.23 with great performance
Transactions: NO
XA: NO
Savepoints: NO
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)