Jul 022010
Show which storage engines are available in MySQL
Answer:
To see which storage engines are available in MySQL server, use the following method:
# mysql -e 'show engines' | grep YES
MEMORY YES Hash based, stored in memory, useful for temporary tables
BLACKHOLE YES /dev/null storage engine (anything you write to it disappears)
ARCHIVE YES Archive storage engine
CSV YES CSV storage engine
MRG_MYISAM YES Collection of identical MyISAM tables
MyISAM is not showed as it is the default engine.