What is diff b/w MYISAM and INNODB storage engine. and also
define the benifits and drawbacks of both storage engine

Answer Posted / rajanikanth

1)MYISAM does not support the foreign key constraint and
transaction but InnoDB support it.

2)MYISAM is faster then the InnoDB but in case of perforing
the count operation it takes more time then the InnoDB.

3) MYISAM occupies less memory sapce for tables rather than
InnoDB tables.

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