InnoDB working, still showing “Database server does not support InnoDB storage engine message”

Question

I\'m trying to install Magento on a local server using WAMP. InnoDB is set as the default engine but it still shows me the message:

Database server does

Answer 1

If I rememebr correctly WAMP Server comes with innodb disabled, but it is a simple job to activate it.

Edit the my.ini ( use the wampmanager menus to edit it )

Look for this line, its roughly around line 90 - 100, you will see a set of paramteters all commented out. Remove the # so it is no longer a comment. You may have to do a little reasearch on what the params mean and then you may have to do some tweeking to get innodb working well, but just uncommenting them should activate innodb.

# Uncomment the following if you are using InnoDB tables
innodb_data_home_dir = D:/wamp/bin/mysql/mysql5.5.28/data/
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:64M:autoextend
innodb_log_group_home_dir = D:/wamp/bin/mysql/mysql5.5.28/data/
# You can set .._buffer_pool_size up to 50 - 80 %
# of RAM but beware of setting memory usage too high
innodb_buffer_pool_size = 16M
innodb_additional_mem_pool_size = 4M

Restart MySQL service after you have changed and saved the ini file.