no i just want to alter my current mysql database to use innodb
without affecting the model relationships. it is a trivial thing to
change the storage engine but I am not sure of the results.

On Aug 14, 5:07 pm, anders als <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, you want Cake to use MyISAM "syntax" for an InnoDB driven sql
> server?
> I think this is possible doing some configurations inside of the
> database related core files
>
> On 14 Aug., 22:26, JamesF <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Whnn I first set up the current app I am using, I chose InnoDB tables
> > for almost any Model that i thought would be related. My thinking was
> > that Cake wouldn't understand the foreign key relationships and it
> > would lead to database integrity problems.
>
> > I am assuming that Cake doesn't care which storage engine I use in the
> > case of simple model relationships. I am not using transactions or row
> > level locking currently, and more often then not, the CASCADE effect
> > of InnoDB tables has made some of my data go bye-bye.
>
> > I appreciate that InnoDB prevents me from inserting data with
> > incorrect id's and fk id's but it also deletes child data when i don't
> > want it to (unless i use RESTRICT or SET NULL on that fk).
>
> > So the crux of my question is this, can I maintain my current app
> > functionality while converting back to MyISAM tables, considering I do
> > not use any advanced InnoDB features? Will Cake still handle my table
> > relationships correctly when I am following proper naming conventions
> > for foreign keys and table names?
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