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= | ==Enabling InnoDB for MySQL== | ||
Open this file: | |||
UniServer\usr\local\mysql\my.ini | |||
3. You can modify the values to suit your needs, but the default ones work great. | Search for the following line(s) and comment out '''skip-innodb''' (as shown) to activate InnoDB. | ||
4. Restart the server. | |||
5. Go to PHPMyAdmin and click on | # Note: The innodb block is enabled/disabled using a single line <br> | ||
6. Click on InnoDB hyperlink which will take you to a lower part of the same page. Just under that information table, you will find a link for detailed | # Uncomment the next line to disable innodb tables. Comment line to enable innodb tables | ||
7. On the top, what you are most likely to see is | |||
8. To resolve the issue in #7, shutdown the server once more. | # skip-innodb | ||
9. Go to W:\usr\local\mysql\data\ and delete (or at least temporarily move) the files beginning with | |||
10. Restart the server, and follow steps 5-7 above. You should hopefully be able to now see | That's it; no other changes needed, except to restart the server. | ||
=== Older versions (pre-5.x-Nano) === | |||
InnoDB support is available in MySQL as a lot of users on the forum pointed out, but not enabled by default. To enable it, please follow the instructions below. | |||
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1. Open the W:\usr\local\mysql\bin\my-small.cnf file in Notepad or any other text editor of your choice. <br /> | |||
2. Make sure the following lines appear as shown below - <br /> | |||
# Uncomment the following if you are NOT using innodb tables <br /> | |||
#skip-innodb <br /> | |||
# Uncomment the following if you are using Innobase tables <br /> | |||
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:100M <br /> | |||
innodb_data_home_dir = /usr/local/mysql/data/ <br /> | |||
innodb_log_group_home_dir = /usr/local/mysql/data/ <br /> | |||
innodb_log_arch_dir = /usr/local/mysql/data/ <br /> | |||
set-variable = innodb_mirrored_log_groups=1 <br /> | |||
set-variable = innodb_log_files_in_group=3 <br /> | |||
set-variable = innodb_log_file_size=5M <br /> | |||
set-variable = innodb_log_buffer_size=8M <br /> | |||
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1 <br /> | |||
innodb_log_archive=0 <br /> | |||
set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=16M <br /> | |||
set-variable = innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=2M <br /> | |||
set-variable = innodb_file_io_threads=4 <br /> | |||
set-variable = innodb_lock_wait_timeout=50 <br /> | |||
3. You can modify the values to suit your needs, but the default ones work great. <br /> | |||
4. Restart the server. <br /> | |||
5. Go to PHPMyAdmin and click on "Show MySQL Runtime Information". <br /> | |||
6. Click on InnoDB hyperlink which will take you to a lower part of the same page. Just under that information table, you will find a link for detailed "InnoDB Status". <br /> | |||
7. On the top, what you are most likely to see is "InnoDB is disabled for this server". If not, you are good to go. <br /> | |||
8. To resolve the issue in #7, shutdown the server once more. <br /> | |||
9. Go to W:\usr\local\mysql\data\ and delete (or at least temporarily move) the files beginning with "ib_logfile*" and "ibdata*" where * indicates a number. <br /> | |||
10. Restart the server, and follow steps 5-7 above. You should hopefully be able to now see "InnoDB is available on this MySQL server". <br /> | |||
That's it. Enjoy. | That's it. Enjoy. |