存储引擎是数据库管理系统用来从数据库创建，读取，更新数据的软件模块。InnoDB中MySQL当前版本的默认存储引擎。
要了解MySQL数据库引擎，请使用show命令。查询如下-
mysql> show engines;
以下是输出-
+--------------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+ | Engine | Support | Comment | Transactions | XA | Savepoints | +--------------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+ | MEMORY | YES | Hash based, stored in memory, useful for temporary tables | NO | NO | NO | | MRG_MYISAM | YES | Collection of identical MyISAM tables | NO | NO | NO | | CSV | YES | CSV storage engine | NO | NO | NO | | FEDERATED | NO | Federated MySQL storage engine | NULL | NULL | NULL | | PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA | YES | Performance Schema | NO | NO | NO | | MyISAM | YES | MyISAM storage engine | NO | NO | NO | | InnoDB | DEFAULT | Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys | YES | YES | YES | | BLACKHOLE | YES | /dev/null storage engine (anything you write to it disappears) | NO | NO | NO | | ARCHIVE | YES | Archive storage engine | NO | NO | NO | +--------------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+ 9 rows in set (0.04 sec)