Updated on 2025-10-23 GMT+08:00

engines

The engines view provides information about storage engines. It is used to check whether a storage engine is supported or check the default engine. This view is read-only. All users have the read permission on this view.

Table 1 information_schema.engines columns

Name

Type

Description

ENGINE

varchar(64)

Engine name.

Return values: Ustore and Astore.

SUPPORT

varchar(8)

Level of the storage engine supported by the server.

Return values: YES and YES.

COMMENT

varchar(80)

Brief description of the engine.

Return values: In-place update store and Append update store.

TRANSACTIONS

varchar(3)

Specifies whether the engine supports transactions.

Return values: YES and YES.

XA

varchar(3)

Specifies whether the engine supports XA transactions.

Return values: YES and YES.

SAVEPOINTS

varchar(3)

Specifies whether the engine supports savepoints.

Return values: YES and YES.