This is a Mysql thing and not really a Midgard thing at all.
To upgrade to myisam in mysql 3.23.x use :

ALTER TABLE table_name TYPE=MyISAM




Tarjei wrote:
> Thanks for the advice. Maybe this should be added to the UPGRADE docs. I 
> guess there's still a few 1.2.5 installs out there using isam. How do I 
> upgrade?
> Tarjei
> 
> Vincent Stoessel wrote:
> 
>> I would /strongly/ advise that you discontinue the use of
>> the Isam table type in mysql. The Isam table type is a legacy of the 
>> mysql 3.22.x
>> series. If you are using the stable 3.23.x series Myisam is the new 
>> default type.
>> One of the cool things about Myisam is that you CAN repair it while 
>> the database
>> is running. You can also configure mysqld to repair tables 
>> automatically when it finds
>> a problem. Of course you it manually still with myisamchk -r
>>
>>
>> Tarjei Huse wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I would like to thank everyone (esp Carsten and Jocelyn) who helped 
>>> me solve
>>> this problem. It now seems that the db now works ok.
>>>
>>> For the record, I suggest that isamchk should contain a warning in 
>>> the help text
>>> that you should not run it when mysqld is running. This combined with 
>>> isamchk -i
>>> *.ISM.
>>> Also, I'll backup using mysqldump from now on, not just tarballing my 
>>> dbdirs :)
>>>
>>> Tarjei
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Carsten H. Pedersen" wrote:
>>>
>>>>> isamchk -e   -o page.ISM
>>>>> I get:
>>>>> Found block with too small length at 2249; Skipped
>>>>> ...
>>>>> Now what do I do??
>>>>>
>>>> Restore from backup?
>>>>
>>>> Your table structure is definitely corrupted.
>>>>
>>>> What happens if you run isamchk with just "-r":
>>>>
>>>>        isamchk -r page.ISM
>>>>
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> / Carsten
>>>> -- 
>>>> Carsten H. Pedersen
>>>> keeper and maintainer of the bitbybit.dk MySQL FAQ
>>>> http://www.bitbybit.dk/mysqlfaq
>>>>
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