InnoDB MySQL database storage engine is not enabled in the my.cnf
configuration file of XAMPP.
I have configured successfully Innodb engine with XAMPP latest version.
To enable the support of MySQL server on InnoDB storage engine, locate
the “my.cnf” config file (normally in /installation_path/xampp/mysql/
bin/ directory), and edit the my.cnf with any text editor.
Search and locate each of the following lines (except the lines in
italic where they’re comments):
– Comment the following line to unskip and use InnoDB
skip-innodb
– Uncomment the following options for InnoDB database if you are
using InnoDB tables.
#innodb_data_home_dir = C:/xampp/xampp/mysql/data/
#innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend
#innodb_log_group_home_dir = C:/xampp/xampp/mysql/data/
#innodb_log_arch_dir = C:/xampp/xampp/mysql/data/
– Uncomment the lines and set innodb_buffer_pool_size up to 50% –
80% of RAM for optimization of InnoDB databases, try not to memory
usage too high.
#set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=16M
#set-variable = innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=2M
– Uncomment the lines and set innodb_log_file_size to 25% of
InnoDB buffer pool size for optimisation.
#set-variable = innodb_log_file_size=5M
#set-variable = innodb_log_buffer_size=8M
#innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1
#set-variable = innodb_lock_wait_timeout=50
After modification, the code for each lines should look like this:
# skip-innodb
innodb_data_home_dir = C:/xampp/xampp/mysql/data/
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend
innodb_log_group_home_dir = C:/xampp/xampp/mysql/data/
innodb_log_arch_dir = C:/xampp/xampp/mysql/data/
set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=16M
set-variable = innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=2M
set-variable = innodb_log_file_size=5M
set-variable = innodb_log_buffer_size=8M
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1
set-variable = innodb_lock_wait_timeout=50
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