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Memory (storage engine)
MEMORY is a storage engine for MySQL and MariaDB relational database management systems, developed by Oracle and MariaDB. Before the version 4.1 of MySQL it was called Heap. The SHOW ENGINES command describes MEMORY as: Hash based, stored in memory, useful for temporary tables. MEMORY writes table data in-memory. While the table structures are persisted on-disk, the rows in MEMORY tables are lost when MySQL stops.
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MEMORY is a storage engine for MySQL and MariaDB relational database management systems, developed by Oracle and MariaDB. Before the version 4.1 of MySQL it was called Heap. The SHOW ENGINES command describes MEMORY as: Hash based, stored in memory, useful for temporary tables. MEMORY writes table data in-memory. While the table structures are persisted on-disk, the rows in MEMORY tables are lost when MySQL stops.
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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