# Migration and myisam

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migration-and-myisam/188591>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 14, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migration-and-myisam/188591 "2010-05-14T14:59:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![eugenio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ec9cab/32.png) [@eugenio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eugenio)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migration-and-myisam/188591/1 "2010-05-14T14:59:21Z")

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do rails migrations use mysql default storage engine or do they force  
using innodb?  
what happen if innodb is disabled on the mysql server?  
i want to use only myisam, do i need to change something in the  
migrations?