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MySQL 5.1 Plugin Development

You're reading from   MySQL 5.1 Plugin Development Extend MySQL to suit your needs with this unique guide into the world of MySQL plugins

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849510608
Length 288 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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MySQL 5.1 Plugin Development
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
1. Preface
1. Compiling and Using MySQL Plugins 2. User Defined Functions FREE CHAPTER 3. Daemon Plugins 4. Information Schema Plugins 5. Advanced Information Schema Plugins 6. Full-text Parser Plugins 7. Practical Full-text Parsers 8. Storage Engine Plugins 9. HTML Storage Engine—Reads and Writes 10. TOCAB Storage Engine — Implementing Indexes Beyond MySQL 5.1

Chapter 8. Storage Engine Plugins

One of the great strengths of MySQL and one of the main features which sets it apart from other RDBMSs is its ability to use different storage engines for different tables. These different storage engines can control where and how the data is stored and retrieved. Every storage engine has strengths and weaknesses, which means that MySQL can be tailored to the user's need through its use of storage engines.

In this chapter, we will outline everything you need to create your own storage engine. We will then finish off the chapter with an example of a simple read-only storage engine plugin.

Introducing storage engines

Earlier in this book we covered Information Schema plugins. Although very differently defined, these plugins work a little like partially implemented read-only storage engines. We just have to provide the table layout and fill the rows when queried. With a basic storage engine plugin we have to do exactly the same, but there are many other methods...

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