MySQL learning notes: data engine

show engines
+--------------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
| Engine | Support | Comment | Transactions | XA | Savepoints |
+--------------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
| InnoDB | DEFAULT | Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys | YES | YES | YES |
| MRG_MYISAM | YES | Collection of identical MyISAM tables | NO | NO | NO |
| MEMORY | YES | Hash based, stored in memory, useful for temporary tables | NO | NO | NO |
| BLACKHOLE | YES | /dev/null storage engine (anything you write to it disappears) | NO | NO | NO |
| MyISAM | YES | MyISAM storage engine | NO | NO | NO |
| CSV | YES | CSV storage engine | NO | NO | NO |
| ARCHIVE | YES | Archive storage engine | NO | NO | NO |
| PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA | YES | Performance Schema | NO | NO | NO |
| FEDERATED | NO | Federated MySQL storage engine | NULL | NULL | NULL |
+--------------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)

show engines \G
mysql> show engines \G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
   Engine: InnoDB
   Support: DEFAULT
   Comment: Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys
Transactions: YES
     XA: YES
 Savepoints: YES
*************************** 2. row ***************************
   Engine: MRG_MYISAM
   Support: YES
   Comment: Collection of identical MyISAM tables
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 3. row ***************************
   Engine: MEMORY
   Support: YES
   Comment: Hash based, stored in memory, useful for temporary tables
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 4. row ***************************
   Engine: BLACKHOLE
   Support: YES
   Comment: /dev/null storage engine (anything you write to it disappears)
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 5. row ***************************
   Engine: MyISAM
   Support: YES
   Comment: MyISAM storage engine
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 6. row ***************************
   Engine: CSV
   Support: YES
   Comment: CSV storage engine
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 7. row ***************************
   Engine: ARCHIVE
   Support: YES
   Comment: Archive storage engine
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 8. row ***************************
   Engine: PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA
   Support: YES
   Comment: Performance Schema
Transactions: NO
     XA: NO
 Savepoints: NO
*************************** 9. row ***************************
   Engine: FEDERATED
   Support: NO
   Comment: Federated MySQL storage engine
Transactions: NULL
     XA: NULL
 Savepoints: NULL
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> show variables like 'have%';
+------------------------+----------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+------------------------+----------+
| have_compress | YES |
| have_crypt | NO |
| have_dynamic_loading | YES |
| have_geometry | YES |
| have_openssl | DISABLED |
| have_profiling | YES |
| have_query_cache | YES |
| have_rtree_keys | YES |
| have_ssl | DISABLED |
| have_statement_timeout | YES |
| have_symlink | YES |
+------------------------+----------+
11 rows in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)

mysql> show variables like '%storage_engine%';
+----------------------------------+--------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+----------------------------------+--------+
| default_storage_engine | InnoDB |
| default_tmp_storage_engine | InnoDB |
| disabled_storage_engines | |
| internal_tmp_disk_storage_engine | InnoDB |
+----------------------------------+--------+
4 rows in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)

[mysqld]
# The next three options are mutually exclusive to SERVER_PORT below.
# skip-networking
# enable-named-pipe
# shared-memory
# shared-memory-base-name=MYSQL
# The Pipe the MySQL Server will use
# socket=MYSQL
# The TCP/IP Port the MySQL Server will listen on The default port number is port=3306
# Path to installation directory. All paths are usually resolved relative to this. The default installation directory of the server # basedir="C:/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.7/"
# Path to the database root directory of the database data file datadir=C:/ProgramData/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.7\Data
# The default character set that will be used when a new schema or table is
# created and no character set is defined Modify the server default character character-set-server=utf8
# The default storage engine that will be used when creating new tables when
# Modify the default engine here default-storage-engine=INNODB