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diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt index 60a0f13d54..a6d73b3dcc 100644 --- a/docs/ref/databases.txt +++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt @@ -136,21 +136,12 @@ 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 InnoDB_ engine is fully transactional and supports foreign key references. +The InnoDB_ engine is fully transactional and supports foreign key references +and is probably the best choice at this point in time. -The BDB_ engine, like InnoDB, is also fully transactional and supports foreign -key references. However, its use seems to be deprecated. - -`Other storage engines`_, including SolidDB_ and Falcon_, are on the horizon. -For now, InnoDB is probably your best choice. - -.. _storage engines: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/storage-engines.html -.. _MyISAM: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/myisam-storage-engine.html -.. _BDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/bdb-storage-engine.html -.. _InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/innodb.html -.. _Other storage engines: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/storage-engines-other.html -.. _SolidDB: http://forge.mysql.com/projects/project.php?id=139 -.. _Falcon: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/falcon/en/index.html +.. _storage engines: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/storage-engines.html +.. _MyISAM: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/myisam-storage-engine.html +.. _InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/innodb.html .. [#] Unless this was changed by the packager of your MySQL package. We've had reports that the Windows Community Server installer sets up InnoDB as |