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diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt index ae47667628..b914a68945 100644 --- a/docs/ref/databases.txt +++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt @@ -135,9 +135,10 @@ Storage engines MySQL has several `storage engines`_ (previously called table types). You can change the default storage engine in the server configuration. -The default engine is MyISAM_ [#]_. The main drawback of MyISAM is that it -doesn't currently support transactions or foreign keys. On the plus side, it's -currently the only engine that supports full-text indexing and searching. +The default engine is MyISAM_ [#]_. The main drawbacks of MyISAM are that it +doesn't currently support transactions or enforce foreign keys constraints. On +the plus side, it's currently the only engine that supports full-text indexing +and searching. The InnoDB_ engine is fully transactional and supports foreign key references and is probably the best choice at this point in time. |