SET SQL_MODE=""; create table t1 (c1 int primary key auto_increment, c2 varchar(10)) engine=memory; Warnings: Note 1266 Using storage engine MyISAM for table 't1' show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `c2` varchar(10) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`c1`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 set session sql_mode='no_engine_substitution'; create table t2 (c1 int primary key auto_increment, c2 varchar(10)) engine=memory; ERROR 42000: Unknown storage engine 'MEMORY' drop table t1;