Steps to change the Database Engine of a MySQL Database Table

You may modify a MySQL database table’s database engine by following the instructions in this article.

A part of the Database Management System (DBMS) is the database engine. It has the ability to add, edit, remove, and read data from databases.

To alter the database engine, take the following actions:

Method 1 :

1) Log in to the cPanel account.

2) Open phpMyAdmin.

3) From the left-hand column, select the database table whose search engine you want to change.

4) Now, click on the Operations tab.

5) Under Table options, there is a drop-down of the Storage Engine.

6) Select the Storage Engine as per your choice.

7) After everything is done, click on Go.

Method 2 :

In the second method, you simply need to run the following SQL query on the SQL tab after selecting the desired database from phpMyAdmin.

ALTER TABLE `table_name` ENGINE = MyISAM

Once this query gets executed, the database engine of the selected database will get changed to MyISAM.

It’s done.

This way you can successfully change the storage engine for the table.