EXPLAIN 关键字可以用于获取 SQL 语句执行计划的相关信息,在 MySQL 8.0 中,EXPLAIN 支持大多数 SQL 语句,如 SELECT 、DELETE 、INSERT 、REPLACE、和 UPDATE 。示例如下:
mysql> EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees;
+----+-------------+-----------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+--------+-------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-----------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+--------+-------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | employees | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 299379 | NULL |
+----+-------------+-----------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+--------+-------+
注:本篇文章的测试数据来源于 MySQL 官方提供的 Employees Sample Database,其数据库结构如下:
以下分别介绍 EXPLAIN 输出结果中各个字段的含义:
1. id
id 为行标识符,同时也表示语句执行的优先级,值越大则优先级越高。特殊情况下,如果某行语句引用了其他多行结果集的并集,则该值可以为 NULL。示例如下:
# 该FROM字句只是用于演示,并没有任何实际意义
mysql> EXPLAIN SELECT COUNT(1) FROM (SELECT emp_no FROM salaries) AS t;
+----+-------------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+---------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+---------+-------------+
| 1 | PRIMARY | <derived2> | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 2757635 | NULL |
| 2 | DERIVED | salaries | index | NULL | PRIMARY | 7 | NULL | 2757635 | Using index |
+----+-------------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+---------+-------------+
# 查询工资大于500000或部门编号等于d007的所有雇员的编号
mysql> EXPLAIN SELECT emp_no FROM salaries WHERE salary>500000 UNION ALL SELECT emp_no FROM dept_emp WHERE dept_no = "d007";
+----+--------------+------------+------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+---------+--------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+--------------+------------+------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+---------+--------------------------+
| 1 | PRIMARY | salaries | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 2837161 | Using where |
| 2 | UNION | dept_emp | ref | dept_no | dept_no | 4 | const | 91566