First look at a chestnut
EXPLAIN select * from employees where name > 'a';
If using name index to find data needs to traverse the name field joint index tree, and then according to the traversed primary key value to the primary key index tree to find the final data, the cost is higher than the full table scan.
Overlay index optimization can be used so that all the results can be obtained by simply traversing the joint index tree of the name field.
EXPLAIN select name,age,position from employees where name > 'a';
You can see that the field select ed is the overlay index, and MySQL uses index optimization at the bottom.
Look at another case:
EXPLAIN select * from employees where name > 'zzz';
For the above two kinds of execution results of name >'a'and name >'zzz', whether MySQL ultimately chooses to go indexing or whether a table involves multiple indexes, and how MySQL ultimately chooses the index can be checked through the trace tool. Opening the trace tool will affect the performance of mysql, so it can only temporarily analyze the use of sql, after use. It needs to be shut down immediately.
SET SESSION optimizer_trace="enabled=on",end_markers_in_json=on; --open trace
SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name > 'a' ORDER BY position;
SELECT * FROM information_schema.OPTIMIZER_TRACE;
//Look at the trace field:
{
"steps": [
{
"join_preparation": { --The first stage: SQl Preparatory phase
"select#": 1,
"steps": [
{
"expanded_query": "/* select#1 */ select `employees`.`id` AS `id`,`employees`.`name` AS `name`,`employees`.`age` AS `age`,`employees`.`position` AS `position`,`employees`.`hire_time` AS `hire_time` from `employees` where (`employees`.`name` > 'a') order by `employees`.`position`"
}
] /* steps */
} /* join_preparation */
},
{
"join_optimization": { --The second stage: SQL Optimizing stage
"select#": 1,
"steps": [
{
"condition_processing": { --Conditional treatment
"condition": "WHERE",
"original_condition": "(`employees`.`name` > 'a')",
"steps": [
{
"transformation": "equality_propagation",
"resulting_condition": "(`employees`.`name` > 'a')"
},
{
"transformation": "constant_propagation",
"resulting_condition": "(`employees`.`name` > 'a')"
},
{
"transformation": "trivial_condition_removal",
"resulting_condition": "(`employees`.`name` > 'a')"
}
] /* steps */
} /* condition_processing */
},
{
"table_dependencies": [ --Table Dependence Details
{
"table": "`employees`",
"row_may_be_null": false,
"map_bit": 0,
"depends_on_map_bits": [
] /* depends_on_map_bits */
}
] /* table_dependencies */
},
{
"ref_optimizer_key_uses": [
] /* ref_optimizer_key_uses */
},
{
"rows_estimation": [ --Estimate the target access cost
{
"table": "`employees`",
"range_analysis": {
"table_scan": { --Full table scanning
"rows": 3, --Scanning rows
"cost": 3.7 --Query Cost
} /* table_scan */,
"potential_range_indices": [ --Query possible indexes
{
"index": "PRIMARY", --primary key
"usable": false,
"cause": "not_applicable"
},
{
"index": "idx_name_age_position", --Auxiliary Index
"usable": true,
"key_parts": [
"name",
"age",
"position",
"id"
] /* key_parts */
},
{
"index": "idx_age",
"usable": false,
"cause": "not_applicable"
}
] /* potential_range_indices */,
"setup_range_conditions": [
] /* setup_range_conditions */,
"group_index_range": {
"chosen": false,
"cause": "not_group_by_or_distinct"
} /* group_index_range */,
"analyzing_range_alternatives": { ‐‐Analyzing the cost of using each index
"range_scan_alternatives": [
{
"index": "idx_name_age_position",
"ranges": [
"a < name"
] /* ranges */,
"index_dives_for_eq_ranges": true,
"rowid_ordered": false,
"using_mrr": false,
"index_only": false, ‐‐Whether to use overlay index
"rows": 3, --‐‐Indexed Scan Row Number
"cost": 4.61, --Index usage cost
"chosen": false, ‐‐Whether to select the index
"cause": "cost"
}
] /* range_scan_alternatives */,
"analyzing_roworder_intersect": {
"usable": false,
"cause": "too_few_roworder_scans"
} /* analyzing_roworder_intersect */
} /* analyzing_range_alternatives */
} /* range_analysis */
}
] /* rows_estimation */
},
{
"considered_execution_plans": [
{
"plan_prefix": [
] /* plan_prefix */,
"table": "`employees`",
"best_access_path": {
"considered_access_paths": [
{
"access_type": "scan",
"rows": 3,
"cost": 1.6,
"chosen": true,
"use_tmp_table": true
}
] /* considered_access_paths */
} /* best_access_path */,
"cost_for_plan": 1.6,
"rows_for_plan": 3,
"sort_cost": 3,
"new_cost_for_plan": 4.6,
"chosen": true
}
] /* considered_execution_plans */
},
{
"attaching_conditions_to_tables": {
"original_condition": "(`employees`.`name` > 'a')",
"attached_conditions_computation": [
] /* attached_conditions_computation */,
"attached_conditions_summary": [
{
"table": "`employees`",
"attached": "(`employees`.`name` > 'a')"
}
] /* attached_conditions_summary */
} /* attaching_conditions_to_tables */
},
{
"clause_processing": {
"clause": "ORDER BY",
"original_clause": "`employees`.`position`",
"items": [
{
"item": "`employees`.`position`"
}
] /* items */,
"resulting_clause_is_simple": true,
"resulting_clause": "`employees`.`position`"
} /* clause_processing */
},
{
"refine_plan": [
{
"table": "`employees`",
"access_type": "table_scan"
}
] /* refine_plan */
},
{
"reconsidering_access_paths_for_index_ordering": {
"clause": "ORDER BY",
"index_order_summary": {
"table": "`employees`",
"index_provides_order": false,
"order_direction": "undefined",
"index": "unknown",
"plan_changed": false
} /* index_order_summary */
} /* reconsidering_access_paths_for_index_ordering */
}
] /* steps */
} /* join_optimization */
},
{
"join_execution": { --The third stage: SQL Implementation phase
"select#": 1,
"steps": [
{
"filesort_information": [
{
"direction": "asc",
"table": "`employees`",
"field": "position"
}
] /* filesort_information */,
"filesort_priority_queue_optimization": {
"usable": false,
"cause": "not applicable (no LIMIT)"
} /* filesort_priority_queue_optimization */,
"filesort_execution": [
] /* filesort_execution */,
"filesort_summary": {
"rows": 3,
"examined_rows": 3,
"number_of_tmp_files": 0,
"sort_buffer_size": 200704,
"sort_mode": "<sort_key, additional_fields>"
} /* filesort_summary */
}
] /* steps */
} /* join_execution */
}
] /* steps */
}Full table scanning costs less than index scanning, and index MySQL eventually chooses full table scanning.
SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name > 'zzz' ORDER BY position;
SELECT * FROM information_schema.OPTIMIZER_TRACE;
{
"steps": [
{
"join_preparation": {
"select#": 1,
"steps": [
{
"expanded_query": "/* select#1 */ select `employees`.`id` AS `id`,`employees`.`name` AS `name`,`employees`.`age` AS `age`,`employees`.`position` AS `position`,`employees`.`hire_time` AS `hire_time` from `employees` where (`employees`.`name` > 'zzz') order by `employees`.`position`"
}
] /* steps */
} /* join_preparation */
},
{
"join_optimization": {
"select#": 1,
"steps": [
{
"condition_processing": {
"condition": "WHERE",
"original_condition": "(`employees`.`name` > 'zzz')",
"steps": [
{
"transformation": "equality_propagation",
"resulting_condition": "(`employees`.`name` > 'zzz')"
},
{
"transformation": "constant_propagation",
"resulting_condition": "(`employees`.`name` > 'zzz')"
},
{
"transformation": "trivial_condition_removal",
"resulting_condition": "(`employees`.`name` > 'zzz')"
}
] /* steps */
} /* condition_processing */
},
{
"table_dependencies": [
{
"table": "`employees`",
"row_may_be_null": false,
"map_bit": 0,
"depends_on_map_bits": [
] /* depends_on_map_bits */
}
] /* table_dependencies */
},
{
"ref_optimizer_key_uses": [
] /* ref_optimizer_key_uses */
},
{
"rows_estimation": [
{
"table": "`employees`",
"range_analysis": {
"table_scan": {
"rows": 3,
"cost": 3.7
} /* table_scan */,
"potential_range_indices": [
{
"index": "PRIMARY",
"usable": false,
"cause": "not_applicable"
},
{
"index": "idx_name_age_position",
"usable": true,
"key_parts": [
"name",
"age",
"position",
"id"
] /* key_parts */
},
{
"index": "idx_age",
"usable": false,
"cause": "not_applicable"
}
] /* potential_range_indices */,
"setup_range_conditions": [
] /* setup_range_conditions */,
"group_index_range": {
"chosen": false,
"cause": "not_group_by_or_distinct"
} /* group_index_range */,
"analyzing_range_alternatives": {
"range_scan_alternatives": [
{
"index": "idx_name_age_position",
"ranges": [
"zzz < name"
] /* ranges */,
"index_dives_for_eq_ranges": true,
"rowid_ordered": false,
"using_mrr": false,
"index_only": false,
"rows": 1,
"cost": 2.21,
"chosen": true
}
] /* range_scan_alternatives */,
"analyzing_roworder_intersect": {
"usable": false,
"cause": "too_few_roworder_scans"
} /* analyzing_roworder_intersect */
} /* analyzing_range_alternatives */,
"chosen_range_access_summary": {
"range_access_plan": {
"type": "range_scan",
"index": "idx_name_age_position",
"rows": 1,
"ranges": [
"zzz < name"
] /* ranges */
} /* range_access_plan */,
"rows_for_plan": 1,
"cost_for_plan": 2.21,
"chosen": true
} /* chosen_range_access_summary */
} /* range_analysis */
}
] /* rows_estimation */
},
{
"considered_execution_plans": [
{
"plan_prefix": [
] /* plan_prefix */,
"table": "`employees`",
"best_access_path": {
"considered_access_paths": [
{
"access_type": "range",
"rows": 1,
"cost": 2.41,
"chosen": true,
"use_tmp_table": true
}
] /* considered_access_paths */
} /* best_access_path */,
"cost_for_plan": 2.41,
"rows_for_plan": 1,
"sort_cost": 1,
"new_cost_for_plan": 3.41,
"chosen": true
}
] /* considered_execution_plans */
},
{
"attaching_conditions_to_tables": {
"original_condition": "(`employees`.`name` > 'zzz')",
"attached_conditions_computation": [
] /* attached_conditions_computation */,
"attached_conditions_summary": [
{
"table": "`employees`",
"attached": "(`employees`.`name` > 'zzz')"
}
] /* attached_conditions_summary */
} /* attaching_conditions_to_tables */
},
{
"clause_processing": {
"clause": "ORDER BY",
"original_clause": "`employees`.`position`",
"items": [
{
"item": "`employees`.`position`"
}
] /* items */,
"resulting_clause_is_simple": true,
"resulting_clause": "`employees`.`position`"
} /* clause_processing */
},
{
"refine_plan": [
{
"table": "`employees`",
"pushed_index_condition": "(`employees`.`name` > 'zzz')",
"table_condition_attached": null,
"access_type": "range"
}
] /* refine_plan */
},
{
"reconsidering_access_paths_for_index_ordering": {
"clause": "ORDER BY",
"index_order_summary": {
"table": "`employees`",
"index_provides_order": false,
"order_direction": "undefined",
"index": "idx_name_age_position",
"plan_changed": false
} /* index_order_summary */
} /* reconsidering_access_paths_for_index_ordering */
}
] /* steps */
} /* join_optimization */
},
{
"join_execution": {
"select#": 1,
"steps": [
{
"filesort_information": [
{
"direction": "asc",
"table": "`employees`",
"field": "position"
}
] /* filesort_information */,
"filesort_priority_queue_optimization": {
"usable": false,
"cause": "not applicable (no LIMIT)"
} /* filesort_priority_queue_optimization */,
"filesort_execution": [
] /* filesort_execution */,
"filesort_summary": {
"rows": 0,
"examined_rows": 0,
"number_of_tmp_files": 0,
"sort_buffer_size": 200704,
"sort_mode": "<sort_key, additional_fields>"
} /* filesort_summary */
}
] /* steps */
} /* join_execution */
}
] /* steps */
}Looking at the trace field shows that the cost of index scanning is lower than that of full table scanning, so MySQL ultimately chooses index scanning.
SET SESSION optimizer_trace="enabled=off"; -- Close trace
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