Commit 1240c833 authored by Aymeric Augustin's avatar Aymeric Augustin
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Fixed #17267 -- Clarified the description of MyISAM's lack of support for foreign keys. 


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docs/ref/databases.txt

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@@ -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.