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Sahil Ambardekar
10,306 PointsIs there any advantage to using different engines on a per-table basis?
Would using different engines on tables be practical? What are some different engines and their uses? Can you give me a link to some further reading? Thanks in advance.
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Nathan Tallack
22,160 PointsWith the exception of using Memory for temporary tables (tables that disappear when you log out and are only visible to you during that session) it is pretty much 99.9% sure that you will only ever use the InnoDb engine.
An exception will be if you are running your database on some sort of embedded device (like a rasberry pi or some such thing) and you care about CPU power consumption.
But on a regular dekstop/server system you can be sure you'll never have to worry about power. ;)