Troy Grady wrote:
>
> Folks-
>
> Very excited about MYISAM's support for indexing TEXT and BLOB columns!
> However a little confused as to when MYISAM will arrive. Section 10.17 of
> the current online manual suggests that versions 3.22 and above store data
> in MYISAM format:
>
> "MYISAM MYISAM is the default table type in MySQL 3.22. It's based on the
> ISAM code and has a lot of useful extensions. The index is stored in a file
> with the .MYI extension and the data is stored in file with the .MYD
> extension. You can check/repair ISAM tables with the myisamchk utility. See
> section 13.4 Using isamchk for crash recovery"
>
> I'm using 3.22.22 now and my databases are all ISAM. Is the manual
> mistaken? If so, will it be possible to convert our ISAM databases to
> MYISAM when MYISAM support arrives?
>
> Regards,
>
> Troy Grady
Hi Troy
From the manual:
MySQL 3.23 supports tables of the new MYISAM type and the old NISAM type.
It is 3.23 that supports MYISAM not 3.22.
3.23 will come soon (1-2 weeks).
Tschau
Christian
