MySQL InnoDB File Formats | Linux Today

MySQL InnoDB File Formats

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 3, 2011

“Versions of MySQL now come equipped with the powerful and
stable InnoDB plugin. The InnoDB plugin comes with a lot of new
features, bug fixes and performance gains. We will be covering file
formats today, which is a very important part of the InnoDB plugin
feature set.

“For this article I will be working with the beta MySQL version
5.5.6-rc-log, which contains the 1.1.2 InnoDB plugin. Although I am
working with beta in this article please note that MySQL 5.5 is now
GA and you can download it here. On a side note, if you would like
to see what version of the InnoDB plugin you are using, please use
the following command:”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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