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I use InnoDB almost exclusively in my applications. However, if I'm not careful when setting up the table, I forget to change it and phpmyadmin sticks me with MyISAM. Is there a way to change the default storage engine?

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Maybe it's not so much about PHPMyAdmin but MySQL directly. Have you tried this: - stackoverflow.com/questions/2286813/… – Sebastian Roth Jan 4 '11 at 4:01
It is possible by doing these steps: navigate to > phpmyadmin -> more -> variables -> storage engine and change it MyISAM to InnoDB. – cutumb Mar 16 at 20:33

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You have to add the line default-storage-engine = InnoDB under the [mysqld] section of your mysql config file (my.cnf or my.ini depending on your operation system) and restart the mysqld service.

I don't believe you can change this through PhpMyAdmin.

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