Re: Why different engines in one database?

2008-10-12 Thread Simon J Mudd
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (hezjing) writes: When and why we create tables in different storage engines within a same database? Take for example a normal inventory application that provides CRUD operation to - USER table (e.g. create new user) - STOCK table (e.g. when there is new stock arrives)

Why different engines in one database?

2008-10-11 Thread hezjing
Hi When and why we create tables in different storage engines within a same database? Take for example a normal inventory application that provides CRUD operation to - USER table (e.g. create new user) - STOCK table (e.g. when there is new stock arrives) - CUSTOMER table (e.g. create new

Re: Why different engines in one database?

2008-10-11 Thread D. Dante Lorenso
How about ... Use InnoDB for all the transaction important data. Maybe you want to create a powerful search for your stock table, though and maybe that table contains millions of records. You can't use full-text search with InnoDB but you can with MyISAM. You could put some of the