mysql> SHOW ENGINES; +------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+-----+------------+ | Engine | Support | Comment | Transactions | XA | Savepoints | +------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+-----+------------+ | FEDERATED | YES | Federated MySQL storage engine | NO | NO | NO | | MRG_MYISAM | YES | Collection of identical MyISAM tables | NO | NO | NO | | MyISAM | DEFAULT | Default engine as of MySQL 3.23 with great performance | NO | NO | NO | | MARIA | YES | Crash-safe tables with MyISAM heritage | YES | NO | NO | | CSV | YES | CSV storage engine | NO | NO | NO | | MEMORY | YES | Hash based, stored in memory, useful for temporary tables | NO | NO | NO | | ARCHIVE | YES | Archive storage engine | NO | NO | NO | | BLACKHOLE | YES | /dev/null storage engine (anything you write to it disappears) | NO | NO | NO | | InnoDB | YES | Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys | YES | YES | YES | +------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+-----+------------+ 9 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql>