InnoDB


InnoDB is a storage engine for the database management system MySQL. Since the release of MySQL 5.5.5 in 2010, it replaced MyISAM as MySQL's default table type. It provides the standard ACID-compliant transaction features, along with foreign key support. It is included as standard in most binaries distributed by MySQL AB, the exception being some OEM versions.

Description

InnoDB became a product of Oracle Corporation after its acquisition of the Finland-based company Innobase in October 2005. The software is dual licensed; it is distributed under the GNU General Public License, but can also be licensed to parties wishing to combine InnoDB in proprietary software.
InnoDB supports: