drop table if exists t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( STRING_DATA char(255) default NULL, KEY STRING_DATA (STRING_DATA) ) TYPE=MyISAM; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('FGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW'); CHECK TABLE t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 check status OK drop table t1; create table t1 (a tinyint not null auto_increment, b blob not null, primary key (a)); check table t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 check status OK repair table t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 repair status OK delete from t1 where (a & 1); check table t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 check status OK repair table t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 repair status OK check table t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 check status OK drop table t1; create table t1 (a int not null auto_increment, b int not null, primary key (a), index(b)); insert into t1 (b) values (1),(2),(2),(2),(2); optimize table t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 optimize status OK show index from t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Comment t1 0 PRIMARY 1 a A 5 NULL NULL t1 1 b 1 b A 1 NULL NULL optimize table t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 optimize status Table is already up to date show index from t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Comment t1 0 PRIMARY 1 a A 5 NULL NULL t1 1 b 1 b A 1 NULL NULL drop table t1; create table t1 (a int not null, b int not null, c int not null, primary key (a),key(b)) type=myisam; insert into t1 values (3,3,3),(1,1,1),(2,2,2),(4,4,4); explain select * from t1 order by a; table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 Using filesort explain select * from t1 order by b; table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 Using filesort explain select * from t1 order by c; table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 Using filesort explain select a from t1 order by a; table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra t1 index NULL PRIMARY 4 NULL 4 Using index explain select b from t1 order by b; table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra t1 index NULL b 4 NULL 4 Using index explain select a,b from t1 order by b; table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 Using filesort explain select a,b from t1; table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 explain select a,b,c from t1; table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 drop table t1;