Convert InnoDB > MyISAM and Back Again...
Convert Typo InnoDB > MyISAM
Simple script to convert your Typo database tables from InnoDB to MyISAM format.
use mytypo_production;
ALTER TABLE articles_tags ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE blacklist_patterns ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE blogs ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE categories ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE categorizations ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE contents ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE feedback ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE notifications ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE page_caches ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE pings ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE redirects ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE resources ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE schema_info ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE sessions ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE sidebars ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE sitealizer ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE tags ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE text_filters ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE triggers ENGINE = MyISAM;
ALTER TABLE users ENGINE = MyISAM;
Now What?
Change mytypo_production to your Typo database’s name.
Save it as convert.sql
Run it via,
mysql -u root
source convert.sql
You will get a load of check messages and hopefully no errors or warnings. If all goes ok you should now be over to MyISAM.
Convert Typo MyISAM > InnoDB
use mytypo_production;
ALTER TABLE articles_tags ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE blacklist_patterns ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE blogs ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE categories ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE categorizations ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE contents ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE feedback ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE notifications ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE page_caches ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE pings ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE redirects ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE resources ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE schema_info ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE sessions ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE sidebars ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE sitealizer ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE tags ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE text_filters ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE triggers ENGINE = INNODB;
ALTER TABLE users ENGINE = INNODB;
Also…
Also make sure you Tune your MySQL Install…
And optimize the Tables,
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