Help with InnoDB vs MyISAM database tables

[Sheffielder]

Let me start by saying I have pretty much no idea what I'm doing ha ha

I have a forum (well two forums actually and both have this issue) where I've just checked the database tables in PHPMyadmin to see if they were InnoDB or MyISAM.

On both of the forums I've found that the database tables are half and half amazingly. I have a sneaky suspicion it's something I've made a mess of a while back.

The site's function with occasional glitches but to a total newbie like me on this subject I'd not know if this was having any impact.

Anyway should I leave well alone or should I change all the tables to InnoDB?

And will I see any difference in the way the sites are running when I've made the change?

[bfarber]

The site will run the same way either way.

I would recommend switching to InnoDB. It performs better and has more reliable redundancy should something go wrong.