Re: update: key is not used

2003-12-09 Thread Egor Egorov
Corin Langosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > update of my last email sent. > > when i use the > sql: 'EXPLAIN SELECT datum FROM actions ORDER BY datum' > > the key gets used: > table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra > actions index NULL datum 8 NULL 75859 Using index > > ho

Re: key is not used

2003-12-09 Thread Chuck Gadd
Corin Langosch wrote: Hello, thanks for your fast reply. even when i use EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM `actions` ORDER BY datum LIMIT 10 the key isn't used. the query takes about 2s :-( What does it show if you do a show indexes from actions --- If you are sure the optimizer is w

Re: Re[2]: key is not used

2003-12-09 Thread Martijn Tonies
Hi Corin, As I said - I don't have the slightest idea about the MySQL optimizer, but I'm trying to learn. > thanks for your fast reply. even when i use > EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM `actions` ORDER BY datum LIMIT 10 > the key isn't used. the query takes about 2s :-( What if you do: SELECT ... WHERE D

Re[2]: key is not used

2003-12-09 Thread Corin Langosch
Hello, thanks for your fast reply. even when i use EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM `actions` ORDER BY datum LIMIT 10 the key isn't used. the query takes about 2s :-( Corin Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 10:19:16 AM, you wrote: MT> Hi, MT> I'm not saying I fully understand the MySQL optimizer, as MT> I never

update: key is not used

2003-12-09 Thread Corin Langosch
: 'EXPLAIN SELECT datum,id FROM actions ORDER BY datum' the key isn't used anymore :-(. might this be bug of mysql? Corin --- This is a forwarded message From: Corin Langosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 10:11:03 AM

Re: key is not used

2003-12-09 Thread Martijn Tonies
Hi, I'm not saying I fully understand the MySQL optimizer, as I never had to deal with it before... but: Why should it use an index if the statement is returning ALL rows? It might be faster to read them into memory ( 75853 isn't really much ) and sort them there instead of moving the diskhead ba

key is not used

2003-12-09 Thread Corin Langosch
Hello, i'm having a problem with mysql. when i put an index on a datetime column, it's never used. for example the sql: 'EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM actions ORDER BY datum' shows: table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra actions ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 75853 Using filesort even if i