Eu corro um EXPLAIN
:
mysql> explain select last_name from employees order by last_name;
+----+-------------+-----------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-----------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | employees | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 10031 | Using filesort |
+----+-------------+-----------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Os índices na minha tabela:
mysql> show index from employees;
+-----------+------------+---------------+--------------+---------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+
| Table | Non_unique | Key_name | Seq_in_index | Column_name | Collation | Cardinality | Sub_part | Packed | Null | Index_type | Comment | Index_comment |
+-----------+------------+---------------+--------------+---------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+
| employees | 0 | PRIMARY | 1 | subsidiary_id | A | 6 | NULL | NULL | | BTREE | | |
| employees | 0 | PRIMARY | 2 | employee_id | A | 10031 | NULL | NULL | | BTREE | | |
| employees | 1 | idx_last_name | 1 | last_name | A | 10031 | 700 | NULL | | BTREE | | |
| employees | 1 | date_of_birth | 1 | date_of_birth | A | 10031 | NULL | NULL | YES | BTREE | | |
| employees | 1 | date_of_birth | 2 | subsidiary_id | A | 10031 | NULL | NULL | | BTREE | | |
+-----------+------------+---------------+--------------+---------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+
5 rows in set (0.02 sec)
Há um índice em last_name, mas o otimizador não o utiliza.
Então eu faço:
mysql> explain select last_name from employees force index(idx_last_name) order by last_name;
+----+-------------+-----------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-----------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | employees | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 10031 | Using filesort |
+----+-------------+-----------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Mas ainda assim o índice não é usado! O que eu estou fazendo errado aqui?
Isso tem a ver com o fato de que o índice é NON_UNIQUE
? Entre o last_name éVARCHAR(1000)
Atualização solicitada por @RolandoMySQLDBA
mysql> SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT last_name) DistinctCount FROM employees;
+---------------+
| DistinctCount |
+---------------+
| 10000 |
+---------------+
1 row in set (0.05 sec)
mysql> SELECT COUNT(1) FROM (SELECT COUNT(1) Count500,last_name FROM employees GROUP BY last_name HAVING COUNT(1) > 500) A;
+----------+
| COUNT(1) |
+----------+
| 0 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.15 sec)
SELECT COUNT(1) FullTableCount FROM employees;
e 2) SELECT * FROM (SELECT COUNT(1) Count500,last_name FROM employees GROUP BY last_name HAVING COUNT(1) > 500) A LIMIT 10;
.
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT last_name) DistinctCount FROM employees;
2)SELECT COUNT(1) FROM (SELECT COUNT(1) Count500,last_name FROM employees GROUP BY last_name HAVING COUNT(1) > 500) A;
. Qual é o resultado de cada contagem?