Comments on: Will Maria Live Up To The Hype? http://blog.charcoalphile.com/2008/03/21/will-maria-live-up-to-the-hype/ On Databases, Recovery, Tech Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:30:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Ian Eure http://blog.charcoalphile.com/2008/03/21/will-maria-live-up-to-the-hype/#comment-242 Ian Eure Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:16:01 +0000 http://blog.charcoalphile.com/2008/03/21/will-maria-live-up-to-the-hype/#comment-242 InnoDB transactions don't work for any operation which changes table structure, so any ALTER/CREATE/DROP TABLE/INDEX statement is non-atomic. You're right to be skeptical. It seems that every problem MySQL has is solved with yet another storage engine. You end up with a profusion of engines, which are all centered around providing a specific feature, but often lack other features you want. InnoDB transactions don’t work for any operation which changes table structure, so any ALTER/CREATE/DROP TABLE/INDEX statement is non-atomic.

You’re right to be skeptical. It seems that every problem MySQL has is solved with yet another storage engine. You end up with a profusion of engines, which are all centered around providing a specific feature, but often lack other features you want.

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