{"id":3105,"date":"2021-10-15T10:32:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T10:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=3105"},"modified":"2021-10-15T10:32:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T10:32:30","slug":"steps-to-change-the-database-engine-of-a-mysql-database-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/steps-to-change-the-database-engine-of-a-mysql-database-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps to change the Database Engine of a MySQL Database Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article you will understand how to change the Database engine of a MySQL database table.<\/p>\n<p>The database engine is a component of the Database Management System (DBMS) and it can create, read, update and delete data from a database.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the below steps to change the database engine :<\/p>\n<p>Method 1 :<\/p>\n<p>1) Log in to the <strong>cPanel<\/strong> account.<\/p>\n<p>2) Then Open <strong>phpMyAdmin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3106\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/database-engine-1-300x60.png\" alt=\"database-engine-1\" width=\"900\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/database-engine-1-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/database-engine-1-768x154.png 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/database-engine-1.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3) Select the database table, from the left-hand column whose search engine you want to change.<\/p>\n<p>4) After that click on the <strong>Operations<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3107\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/database-engine-2-300x68.png\" alt=\"database-engine-2\" width=\"874\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/database-engine-2-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/database-engine-2-768x173.png 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/database-engine-2.png 874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5) There is a drop-down of the <strong>Storage Engine<\/strong> Under <strong>Table options<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3108\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/database-engine-3-281x300.png\" alt=\"database-engine-3\" width=\"407\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/database-engine-3-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/database-engine-3.png 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6) As per your choice Select the <strong>Storage Engine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>7) After everything is completed, click on <strong>Go<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 2 :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the second method, you just need to run the subsequent SQL query on the SQL tab after choosing the specified database from phpMyAdmin.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ALTER TABLE\u00a0<code>table_name<\/code>\u00a0ENGINE = MyISAM<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After this query gets executed, the database engine of the selected database will get changed to MyISAM.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all !<\/p>\n<p>In this way you can successfully change the storage engine for the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article you will understand how to change the Database engine of a MySQL database table. 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