Converting table from MyISAM to INNODB

Question

I am simply trying to convert a table from MyISAM to INNODB. This is for a bugzilla upgrade with testopia.

This simple command fails. ALTER TABLE table_name TYPE = I

Answer 1

First, see your CREATE TABLE statement:

SHOW CREATE TABLE tablename

It will show you all your fulltext indexes like this:

…,
FULLTEXT KEY key_name (column_list),
…

Drop all these keys:

ALTER TABLE tablename DROP INDEX key_name;
…

, then convert:

ALTER TABLE tablename ENGINE=InnoDB;