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  2. MDEV-16342

SHOW ENGINES: MyISAM description is useless

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      In the output of SHOW ENGINES, MyISAM is described as "MyISAM storage engine". This adds no information and seems to me useful.

      My suggestion is to add a comment which makes clear that MyISAM is no more intended for general use.

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          Did we already claim somewhere that MyISAM is no more intended for general use?

          elenst Elena Stepanova added a comment - Did we already claim somewhere that MyISAM is no more intended for general use?

          This page:

          https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/myisam-storage-engine/

          suggests to use Aria instead of MyISAM. I wouldn't suggest a specific engine, but again, that's just my opinion. My point is that "MyISAM storage engine" is not a description.

          f_razzoli Federico Razzoli added a comment - This page: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/myisam-storage-engine/ suggests to use Aria instead of MyISAM. I wouldn't suggest a specific engine, but again, that's just my opinion. My point is that "MyISAM storage engine" is not a description.

          I wouldn't say it translates into "MyISAM is no more intended for general use", but I'll leave it to serg to decide.

          elenst Elena Stepanova added a comment - I wouldn't say it translates into "MyISAM is no more intended for general use", but I'll leave it to serg to decide.

          KB says

          MyISAM was the default storage engine from MySQL 3.23 until it was replaced by InnoDB in MariaDB and MySQL 5.5. It's a light, non-transactional engine with great performance, is easy to copy between systems and has a small data footprint.

          I can use it for an engine description, like "light-weight, non-transactional engine with great performance and a small data footprint."

          serg Sergei Golubchik added a comment - KB says MyISAM was the default storage engine from MySQL 3.23 until it was replaced by InnoDB in MariaDB and MySQL 5.5. It's a light, non-transactional engine with great performance, is easy to copy between systems and has a small data footprint. I can use it for an engine description, like "light-weight, non-transactional engine with great performance and a small data footprint."

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