create table t1 (a int primary key, b int, c int, d int, e int, key ba (b,a), key bda (b,d,a), key cba (c,b,a), key cb (c,b), key d (d)) engine=aria; insert into t1 select seq,seq,seq,seq,seq from seq_1_to_10; insert into t1 values(20,2,2,2,2),(21,3,4,5,6); # # Get different scan costs # explain select sum(e) as "table_scan" from t1; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 12 Last_query_cost 5.500000 explain select sum(a) as "index scan" from t1; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 index NULL PRIMARY 4 NULL 12 Using index Last_query_cost 3.202929 # # Range scans should be used if we don't examine all rows in the table # explain select count(a) from t1; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL Select tables optimized away Last_query_cost 0.000000 explain select count(*) from t1 where a > 0; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 index PRIMARY PRIMARY 4 NULL 12 Using where; Using index Last_query_cost 3.202929 explain select count(*) from t1 where a > 1; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 index PRIMARY PRIMARY 4 NULL 12 Using where; Using index Last_query_cost 3.202929 explain select count(*) from t1 where a > 2; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 range PRIMARY PRIMARY 4 NULL 11 Using where; Using index Last_query_cost 2.997685 # # Shorter indexes are prefered over longer indexs # explain select sum(a+b) from t1; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 index NULL ba 9 NULL 12 Using index Last_query_cost 3.204394 explain select count(*) from t1 where b between 5 and 10; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 range ba,bda ba 5 NULL 6 Using where; Using index Last_query_cost 1.872197 explain select sum(b+c) from t1 where b between 5 and 6 and c between 5 and 6; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 range ba,bda,cba,cb cb 10 NULL 2 Using where; Using index Last_query_cost 0.970781 # Cost of 'd' should be slightly smaller as key 'ba' is longer than 'd' explain select count(*) from t1 where b > 6; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 range ba,bda ba 5 NULL 5 Using where; Using index Last_query_cost 1.646831 explain select count(*) from t1 where d > 6; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 range d d 5 NULL 5 Using where; Using index Last_query_cost 1.646343 # # Check covering index usage # explain select a,b,c from t1 where a=b; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 index NULL cba 14 NULL 12 Using where; Using index Last_query_cost 3.205859 # # Prefer ref keys over ranges # explain select count(*) from t1 where b=2; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ref ba,bda ba 5 const 2 Using index Last_query_cost 0.950732 explain select count(*) from t1 where b=2 and c=2; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ref ba,bda,cba,cb cb 10 const,const 2 Using index Last_query_cost 0.950781 explain select count(*) from t1 where b=3 and c between 3 and 4; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 range ba,bda,cba,cb cb 10 NULL 2 Using where; Using index Last_query_cost 0.970781 # # Prefer eq keys over ref keys # explain select a,b,e from t1 where a=10 or a=11; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 range PRIMARY PRIMARY 4 NULL 2 Using index condition Last_query_cost 2.520488 explain select a,b,e from t1 where d=10 or d=11; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 range d d 5 NULL 2 Using index condition Last_query_cost 2.520537 drop table t1;