what is the main difference between myisam and innodb

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what is the main difference between myisam and innodb..

Answer / manoj

both myisam and innodb are storange enginein sql.
innodb support transaction, foreign key while myisam not
support transaction.

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what is the main difference between myisam and innodb..

Answer / ranganath

Other differences are :

1. innodb requires more RAM than mysiam
2. myisam relies on OS for caching while innodb caches with
in the engine itself.

3. Most preffered is innodb because

- Transaction safe
-It has commit, rollback, and crash recovery capabailities
- Innodb is designed for maximum performance when processing
large volumes of data.

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