[wp-hackers] 5 minutes to a faster blog

[Matt Mullenweg]

Computer Guru wrote:
> Why doesn't WP ship with InnoDB as the default, if available?

Because most hosts aren't configured to work well with InnoDB.

I think in 2007 MySQL will move its standard to a new table type 
(MyISAM++) which has the benefits of InnoDB but still supports things 
like FULLTEXT.

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