Bug #6628 Configuration Wizard should have an option for MyISAM as default
Submitted: 15 Nov 2004 9:07 Modified: 4 Mar 2013 8:52
Reporter: Tom Metro Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Installing Severity:S4 (Feature request)
Version:4.1.7 OS:Windows (Windows XP)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[15 Nov 2004 9:07] Tom Metro
Description:
The MySQL Server Instance Configuration Wizard on Windows allows you to pick MyISAM, InnoDB, or both (Multifunctional Database). If you chose Multifunctional Database, it sets:

default-storage-engine=InnoDB

There should be a separate option to allow the user to set their preferred default. Setting it to MyISAM might be more appropriate for a site where the server will be used for mostly simple applications, but the administrator still wishes to use transactional tables on occasion.

How to repeat:
not applicable.

Suggested fix:
[15 Nov 2004 9:51] Tom Metro
This same suggestion was made in bug #5845 (comment by David Powers on 5 Oct 3:43am).
[16 Nov 2004 23:05] Tom Metro
It looks like this is a duplicate of bug #5846, which has already been responded to and closed. (I missed that one on my initial search.)

I realize that this might add complexity to the Wizard, but I stand by the recommendation that an option for this be added.

It seems like the Wizard should serve two audiences:
1. Those users who are completely new to MySQL and want to accept all recommended settings.
2. Users with prior experience with MySQL, but who wish to obtain a somewhat "tuned" configuration file that the Wizard can provide, yet also want to be able to tweak a few of the advanced parameters along the way.

It seems reasonable that the Wizard first serve the needs of user type #1, and in a latter revision meet the needs of user type #2, so this bug is appropriate as a "feature request."
[16 Nov 2004 23:42] MySQL Verification Team
Verified and left as Feature request.
[4 Mar 2013 8:52] Yngve Svendsen
Obsolete version of MySQL Server. The MySQL Installer for Windows is the new config system for MySQL Server.