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MySQL Engines: InnoDB and MyISAM – A Comparison of Pros and Cons

The 2 major types of table storage engines for MySQL databases are InnoDB and MyISAM. To summarize the differences of features and performance: InnoDB is newer while MyISAM is older. InnoDB is more complex while MyISAM issimpler. InnoDB is more strict in data integrity while MyISAM is loose. InnoDB implements row-level lock for inserting and updating […]