| title |
SHOW ENGINES | TiDB SQL Statement Reference |
| summary |
An overview of the usage of SHOW ENGINES for the TiDB database. |
| category |
reference |
| aliases |
/docs/dev/reference/sql/statements/show-engines/ |
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This statement is included only for compatibility with MySQL.
mysql> SHOW ENGINES;
+--------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
| Engine | Support | Comment | Transactions | XA | Savepoints |
+--------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
| InnoDB | DEFAULT | Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys | YES | YES | YES |
+--------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
- This statement will always only return InnoDB as the supported engine. Internally, TiDB will typically use TiKV as the storage engine.