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Asked: 2026-05-27T13:39:56+00:00

I’m really lost on which type of database engine should I pick for my

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I’m really lost on which type of database engine should I pick for my table. 

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| id | userid | content |
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Imagine this table. userid is holding user ids which are stored in another table. Also, some other tables are using the id field of this table. Therefore, I thought that setting id as primary key and userid as a foreign key would speed up the join processes. However, if I select my table as InnoDB to set foreign keys, then I cannot conduct a FULLTEXT search on content (which is a TEXT field).

So basically, if I switch back to MyISAM to use the FULLTEXT searches, will I have problems when joining, say, 3-4 tables of hundreds of millions of rows?

PS: If there is another liable way to create tables to handle both joins and fulltexts, please tell me so, I can change the tables structure as well.

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  1. Editorial Team

    InnoDB scales better than MyISAM. If you’re talking about hundreds of millions of row then go for InnoDB and adapt a search engine. AFAIK, FULLTEXT becomes really slow after a certain point. Therefore, go for InnoDB + a search engine of your choice.

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