[MDEV-16342] SHOW ENGINES: MyISAM description is useless Created: 2018-05-30 Updated: 2018-06-11 Resolved: 2018-06-11 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | MariaDB Server |
| Component/s: | Storage Engine - MyISAM |
| Affects Version/s: | 10.3 |
| Fix Version/s: | 5.5.61, 10.0.36, 10.1.34, 10.2.16, 10.3.8 |
| Type: | Bug | Priority: | Trivial |
| Reporter: | Federico Razzoli | Assignee: | Sergei Golubchik |
| Resolution: | Fixed | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | myisam | ||
| Description |
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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. |
| Comments |
| Comment by Elena Stepanova [ 2018-05-31 ] |
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Did we already claim somewhere that MyISAM is no more intended for general use? |
| Comment by Federico Razzoli [ 2018-05-31 ] |
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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. |
| Comment by Elena Stepanova [ 2018-05-31 ] |
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I wouldn't say it translates into "MyISAM is no more intended for general use", but I'll leave it to serg to decide. |
| Comment by Sergei Golubchik [ 2018-05-31 ] |
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KB says
I can use it for an engine description, like "light-weight, non-transactional engine with great performance and a small data footprint." |