information-schema-engines.md

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ENGINES	了解 information_schema 表 `ENGINES`。	/docs-cn/dev/information-schema/information-schema-engines/

ENGINES

ENGINES 表提供了关于存储引擎的信息。从和 MySQL 兼容性上考虑，TiDB 会一直将 InnoDB 描述为唯一支持的引擎。此外，ENGINES 表中其它列值也都是定值。

USE information_schema;
DESC engines;

+--------------+-------------+------+------+---------+-------+
| Field        | Type        | Null | Key  | Default | Extra |
+--------------+-------------+------+------+---------+-------+
| ENGINE       | varchar(64) | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| SUPPORT      | varchar(8)  | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| COMMENT      | varchar(80) | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| TRANSACTIONS | varchar(3)  | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| XA           | varchar(3)  | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| SAVEPOINTS   | varchar(3)  | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
+--------------+-------------+------+------+---------+-------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT * FROM engines;

+--------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
| ENGINE | SUPPORT | COMMENT                                                    | TRANSACTIONS | XA   | SAVEPOINTS |
+--------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
| InnoDB | DEFAULT | Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys | YES          | YES  | YES        |
+--------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

ENGINES 表中列的含义如下：

• ENGINE：存储引擎的名称。
• SUPPORT：服务器对存储引擎的支持级别，在 TiDB 中此值一直是 DEFAULT。
• COMMENT：存储引擎的简要描述。
• TRANSACTIONS：存储引擎是否支持事务。
• XA：存储引擎是否支持 XA 事务。
• SAVEPOINTS：存储引擎是否支持 savepoints。

另请参阅

• SHOW ENGINES