Commit ccd68f2d authored by Timo Graham's avatar Timo Graham
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[1.2.X] Fixed #15141 - remove some deprecated storage engines from the MySQL... 

[1.2.X] Fixed #15141 - remove some deprecated storage engines from the MySQL notes; thanks mariuz for the suggestion.

Backport of r15282 from trunk.

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docs/ref/databases.txt

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@@ -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