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Be Warned (Score:1)

by jk2addict (4946)

Just choosing one over the other because of transactions is a dangerous game. They don't store the same, and they don't perform the same; even on the same non-transactional queries in some circumstances (count(*), multiple PKs, etc). For that matter, don't just assume your schema should be the same if you plan on using one vs. the other.

This has always been a decent document to remind me that 'inno has transactions' isn't the only issue to think about:

http://jpipes.com/presentations/mysql_perf_tuning.pdf [jpipes.com]
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  by jk2addict (4946) on 2006.12.12 8:57 (#52225) Homepage Journal
  
  Oops. Forgot the other link: http://jpipes.com/presentations/maximum_velocity_mysql.pdf [jpipes.com]
  
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