Convert from innodb to MyISAM for fulltext

Question

I want to use fulltext in a big table, and I can't update mysql for support fulltext in innodb or use external search engine.

So I think I have 2 option here.

1.Using innodb and search database with LIKE

2.Convert my table to MyISAM

I don't know what is the best way and need help for this.

Answer 1

Option 3 is better: Upgrade to MySQL 5.6 where FULLTEXT indexes are supported on InnoDB .

If you can't do this you're really asking for trouble.

Using #1 is futile, it won't scale beyond even the most trivial sized databases.

Going with #2 is a bad call, MyISAM is a notoriously troublesome database engine that doesn't support transactions or journaling. Data integrity is always approximate and a server crash can scramble your database into an unusable state since there's no transaction journal for recovery and streaming replication isn't an option.

The alternative is to use an add-on searching tool like Sphinx . If this is a no-go you're really going to have to re-evaluate your constraints.

Honestly, upgrading to MySQL 5.6 is as seamless as it gets. Most in-place upgrades work flawlessly.