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MyISAM Table Formats
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*MyISAM* supports 3 different table types. Two of them are chosen
automatically depending on the type of columns you are using. The third,
compressed tables, can only be created with the `myisampack' tool.

Static format

Static (Fixed-length) table characteristics

Dynamic format

Dynamic table characteristics

Compressed format

Compressed table characteristics