Explain簡介:
本文主要講述如何通過 explain 指令擷取 select 語句的執行計劃,通過 explain 我們可以知道以下資訊:表的讀取順序,資料讀取操作的類型,哪些索引可以使用,哪些索引實際使用了,表之間的引用,每張表有多少行被優化器查詢等資訊。
下面是使用 explain 的例子:
在 select 語句之前增加 explain 關鍵字,MySQL 會在查詢上設定一個标記,執行查詢時,會傳回執行計劃的資訊,而不是執行這條SQL(如果 from 中包含子查詢,仍會執行該子查詢,将結果放入臨時表中)。
mysql> explain select * from actor;
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | actor | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 2 | NULL |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------+
在查詢中的每個表會輸出一行,如果有兩個表通過 join 連接配接查詢,那麼會輸出兩行。表的意義相當廣泛:可以是子查詢、一個 union 結果等。
explain 有兩個變種:
1)explain extended:會在 explain 的基礎上額外提供一些查詢優化的資訊。緊随其後通過 show warnings 指令可以 得到優化後的查詢語句,進而看出優化器優化了什麼。額外還有 filtered 列,是一個半分比的值,rows * filtered/100 可以估算出将要和 explain 中前一個表進行連接配接的行數(前一個表指 explain 中的id值比目前表id值小的表)。
mysql> explain extended select * from film where id = 1;
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | film | const | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | const | 1 | 100.00 | NULL |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
mysql> show warnings;
+-------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Level | Code | Message |
+-------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Note | 1003 | /* select#1 */ select '1' AS `id`,'film1' AS `name` from `test`.`film` where 1 |
+-------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
2)explain partitions:相比 explain 多了個 partitions 字段,如果查詢是基于分區表的話,會顯示查詢将通路的分區。
explain 中的列
接下來我們将展示 explain 中每個列的資訊。
1. id列
id列的編号是 select 的序列号,有幾個 select 就有幾個id,并且id的順序是按 select 出現的順序增長的。MySQL将 select 查詢分為簡單查詢和複雜查詢。複雜查詢分為三類:簡單子查詢、派生表(from語句中的子查詢)、union 查詢。
1)簡單子查詢
mysql> explain select (select 1 from actor limit 1) from film;
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| 1 | PRIMARY | film | index | NULL | idx_name | 32 | NULL | 1 | Using index |
| 2 | SUBQUERY | actor | index | NULL | PRIMARY | 4 | NULL | 2 | Using index |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
2)from子句中的子查詢
mysql> explain select id from (select id from film) as der;
+----+-------------+------------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+------------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| 1 | PRIMARY | <derived2> | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 2 | NULL |
| 2 | DERIVED | film | index | NULL | idx_name | 32 | NULL | 1 | Using index |
+----+-------------+------------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
這個查詢執行時有個臨時表别名為der,外部 select 查詢引用了這個臨時表
3)union查詢
mysql> explain select 1 union all select 1;
+----+--------------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-----------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+--------------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-----------------+
| 1 | PRIMARY | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | No tables used |
| 2 | UNION | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | No tables used |
| NULL | UNION RESULT | <union1,2> | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | Using temporary |
+----+--------------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-----------------+
union結果總是放在一個匿名臨時表中,臨時表不在SQL總出現,是以它的id是NULL。
2. select_type列
select_type 表示對應行是是簡單還是複雜的查詢,如果是複雜的查詢,又是上述三種複雜查詢中的哪一種。
1)simple:簡單查詢。查詢不包含子查詢和union
mysql> explain select * from film where id = 2;
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+------+-------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+------+-------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | film | const | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | const | 1 | NULL |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+------+-------+
2)primary:複雜查詢中最外層的 select
3)subquery:包含在 select 中的子查詢(不在 from 子句中)
4)derived:包含在 from 子句中的子查詢。MySQL會将結果存放在一個臨時表中,也稱為派生表(derived的英文含義)
用這個例子來了解 primary、subquery 和 derived 類型
mysql> explain select (select 1 from actor where id = 1) from (select * from film where id = 1) der;
+----+-------------+------------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+------------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+------+-------------+
| 1 | PRIMARY | <derived3> | system | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 1 | NULL |
| 3 | DERIVED | film | const | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | const | 1 | NULL |
| 2 | SUBQUERY | actor | const | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | const | 1 | Using index |
+----+-------------+------------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+------+-------------+
5)union:在 union 中的第二個和随後的 select
6)union result:從 union 臨時表檢索結果的 select
用這個例子來了解 union 和 union result 類型:
mysql> explain select 1 union all select 1;
+----+--------------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-----------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+--------------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-----------------+
| 1 | PRIMARY | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | No tables used |
| 2 | UNION | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | No tables used |
| NULL | UNION RESULT | <union1,2> | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | Using temporary |
+----+--------------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-----------------+
3. table列
這一清單示 explain 的一行正在通路哪個表。
當 from 子句中有子查詢時,table列是 格式,表示目前查詢依賴 id=N 的查詢,于是先執行 id=N 的查詢。當有 union 時,UNION RESULT 的 table 列的值為 <union1,2>,1和2表示參與 union 的 select 行id。
4. type列
這一清單示關聯類型或通路類型,即MySQL決定如何查找表中的行。
依次從最優到最差分别為:system > const > eq_ref > ref > fulltext > ref_or_null > index_merge > unique_subquery > index_subquery > range > index > ALL
NULL:mysql能夠在優化階段分解查詢語句,在執行階段用不着再通路表或索引。例如:在索引列中選取最小值,可以單獨查找索引來完成,不需要在執行時通路表
mysql> explain select min(id) from film;
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+------------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+------------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | Select tables optimized away |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+------------------------------+
const, system:mysql能對查詢的某部分進行優化并将其轉化成一個常量(可以看show warnings 的結果)。用于 primary key 或 unique key 的所有列與常數比較時,是以表最多有一個比對行,讀取1次,速度比較快。
mysql> explain extended select * from (select * from film where id = 1) tmp;
+----+-------------+------------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+------------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| 1 | PRIMARY | <derived2> | system | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 1 | 100.00 | NULL |
| 2 | DERIVED | film | const | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | const | 1 | 100.00 | NULL |
+----+-------------+------------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
mysql> show warnings;
+-------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Level | Code | Message |
+-------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Note | 1003 | /* select#1 */ select '1' AS `id`,'film1' AS `name` from dual |
+-------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
eq_ref:primary key 或 unique key 索引的所有部分被連接配接使用 ,最多隻會傳回一條符合條件的記錄。這可能是在 const 之外最好的聯接類型了,簡單的 select 查詢不會出現這種 type。
mysql> explain select * from film_actor left join film on film_actor.film_id = film.id;
+----+-------------+------------+--------+---------------+-------------------+---------+-------------------------+------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+------------+--------+---------------+-------------------+---------+-------------------------+------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | film_actor | index | NULL | idx_film_actor_id | 8 | NULL | 3 | Using index |
| 1 | SIMPLE | film | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | test.film_actor.film_id | 1 | NULL |
+----+-------------+------------+--------+---------------+-------------------+---------+-------------------------+------+-------------+
ref:相比 eq_ref,不使用唯一索引,而是使用普通索引或者唯一性索引的部分字首,索引要和某個值相比較,可能會找到多個符合條件的行。
1. 簡單 select 查詢,name是普通索引(非唯一索引)
mysql> explain select * from film where name = "film1";
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+----------+---------+-------+------+--------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+----------+---------+-------+------+--------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | film | ref | idx_name | idx_name | 33 | const | 1 | Using where; Using index |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+----------+---------+-------+------+--------------------------+
2.關聯表查詢,idx_film_actor_id是film_id和actor_id的聯合索引,這裡使用到了film_actor的左邊字首film_id部分。
mysql> explain select * from film left join film_actor on film.id = film_actor.film_id;
+----+-------------+------------+-------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+--------------+------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+------------+-------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+--------------+------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | film | index | NULL | idx_name | 33 | NULL | 3 | Using index |
| 1 | SIMPLE | film_actor | ref | idx_film_actor_id | idx_film_actor_id | 4 | test.film.id | 1 | Using index |
+----+-------------+------------+-------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+--------------+------+-------------+
ref_or_null:類似ref,但是可以搜尋值為NULL的行。
mysql> explain select * from film where name = "film1" or name is null;
+----+-------------+-------+-------------+---------------+----------+---------+-------+------+--------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+-------------+---------------+----------+---------+-------+------+--------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | film | ref_or_null | idx_name | idx_name | 33 | const | 2 | Using where; Using index |
+----+-------------+-------+-------------+---------------+----------+---------+-------+------+--------------------------+
index_merge:表示使用了索引合并的優化方法。 例如下表:id是主鍵,tenant_id是普通索引。or 的時候沒有用 primary key,而是使用了 primary key(id) 和 tenant_id 索引
mysql> explain select * from role where id = 11011 or tenant_id = 8888;
+----+-------------+-------+-------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+---------+------+------+-------------------------------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+-------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+---------+------+------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | role | index_merge | PRIMARY,idx_tenant_id | PRIMARY,idx_tenant_id | 4,4 | NULL | 134 | Using union(PRIMARY,idx_tenant_id); Using where |
+----+-------------+-------+-------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+---------+------+------+-------------------------------------------------+
range:範圍掃描通常出現在 in(), between ,> ,<, >= 等操作中。使用一個索引來檢索給定範圍的行。
mysql> explain select * from actor where id > 1;
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | actor | range | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | NULL | 2 | Using where |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+-------------+
index:和ALL一樣,不同就是mysql隻需掃描索引樹,這通常比ALL快一些。
mysql> explain select count(*) from film;
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | film | index | NULL | idx_name | 33 | NULL | 3 | Using index |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
ALL:即全表掃描,意味着mysql需要從頭到尾去查找所需要的行。通常情況下這需要增加索引來進行優化了
mysql> explain select * from actor;
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | actor | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 2 | NULL |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------+
5. possible_keys列
這一列顯示查詢可能使用哪些索引來查找。
explain 時可能出現 possible_keys 有列,而 key 顯示 NULL 的情況,這種情況是因為表中資料不多,mysql認為索引對此查詢幫助不大,選擇了全表查詢。
如果該列是NULL,則沒有相關的索引。在這種情況下,可以通過檢查 where 子句看是否可以創造一個适當的索引來提高查詢性能,然後用 explain 檢視效果。
6. key列
這一列顯示mysql實際采用哪個索引來優化對該表的通路。
如果沒有使用索引,則該列是 NULL。如果想強制mysql使用或忽視possible_keys列中的索引,在查詢中使用 force index、ignore index。
7. key_len列
這一列顯示了mysql在索引裡使用的位元組數,通過這個值可以算出具體使用了索引中的哪些列。
舉例來說,film_actor的聯合索引 idx_film_actor_id 由 film_id 和 actor_id 兩個int列組成,并且每個int是4位元組。通過結果中的key_len=4可推斷出查詢使用了第一個列:film_id列來執行索引查找。
mysql> explain select * from film_actor where film_id = 2;
+----+-------------+------------+------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+-------+------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+------------+------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+-------+------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | film_actor | ref | idx_film_actor_id | idx_film_actor_id | 4 | const | 1 | Using index |
+----+-------------+------------+------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+-------+------+-------------+
key_len計算規則如下:
-
字元串
char(n):n位元組長度
varchar(n):2位元組存儲字元串長度,如果是utf-8,則長度 3n + 2
-
數值類型
tinyint:1位元組
smallint:2位元組
int:4位元組
bigint:8位元組
-
時間類型
date:3位元組
timestamp:4位元組
datetime:8位元組
-
如果字段允許為 NULL,需要1位元組記錄是否為 NULL
索引最大長度是768位元組,當字元串過長時,mysql會做一個類似左字首索引的處理,将前半部分的字元提取出來做索引。
8. ref列
這一列顯示了在key列記錄的索引中,表查找值所用到的列或常量,常見的有:const(常量),func,NULL,字段名(例:film.id)
9. rows列
這一列是mysql估計要讀取并檢測的行數,注意這個不是結果集裡的行數。
10. Extra列
這一列展示的是額外資訊。常見的重要值如下:
distinct: 一旦mysql找到了與行相聯合比對的行,就不再搜尋了
mysql> explain select distinct name from film left join film_actor on film.id = film_actor.film_id;
+----+-------------+------------+-------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+--------------+------+------------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+------------+-------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+--------------+------+------------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | film | index | idx_name | idx_name | 33 | NULL | 3 | Using index; Using temporary |
| 1 | SIMPLE | film_actor | ref | idx_film_actor_id | idx_film_actor_id | 4 | test.film.id | 1 | Using index; Distinct |
+----+-------------+------------+-------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+--------------+------+------------------------------+
Using index:這發生在對表的請求列都是同一索引的部分的時候,傳回的列資料隻使用了索引中的資訊,而沒有再去通路表中的行記錄。是性能高的表現。
mysql> explain select id from film order by id;
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | film | index | NULL | PRIMARY | 4 | NULL | 3 | Using index |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+-------------+
Using where:mysql伺服器将在存儲引擎檢索行後再進行過濾。就是先讀取整行資料,再按 where 條件進行檢查,符合就留下,不符合就丢棄。
mysql> explain select * from film where id > 1;
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+--------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+--------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | film | index | PRIMARY | idx_name | 33 | NULL | 3 | Using where; Using index |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+--------------------------+
Using temporary:mysql需要建立一張臨時表來處理查詢。出現這種情況一般是要進行優化的,首先是想到用索引來優化。
1. actor.name沒有索引,此時建立了張臨時表來distinct
mysql> explain select distinct name from actor;
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-----------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-----------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | actor | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 2 | Using temporary |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-----------------+
2. film.name建立了idx_name索引,此時查詢時extra是using index,沒有用臨時表
mysql> explain select distinct name from film;
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | film | index | idx_name | idx_name | 33 | NULL | 3 | Using index |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
Using filesort:mysql 會對結果使用一個外部索引排序,而不是按索引次序從表裡讀取行。此時mysql會根據聯接類型浏覽所有符合條件的記錄,并儲存排序關鍵字和行指針,然後排序關鍵字并按順序檢索行資訊。這種情況下一般也是要考慮使用索引來優化的。
1. actor.name未建立索引,會浏覽actor整個表,儲存排序關鍵字name和對應的id,然後排序name并檢索行記錄
mysql> explain select * from actor order by name;
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | actor | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 2 | Using filesort |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------------+
2. film.name建立了idx_name索引,此時查詢時extra是using index
mysql> explain select * from film order by name;
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | film | index | NULL | idx_name | 33 | NULL | 3 | Using index |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+------+-------------+
使用的表
以上所有sql使用的表和資料:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `actor`;
CREATE TABLE `actor` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL,
`name` varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,
`update_time` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
INSERT INTO `actor` (`id`, `name`, `update_time`) VALUES (1,'a','2017-12-22 15:27:18'), (2,'b','2017-12-22 15:27:18'), (3,'c','2017-12-22 15:27:18');
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `film`;
CREATE TABLE `film` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`name` varchar(10) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
KEY `idx_name` (`name`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
INSERT INTO `film` (`id`, `name`) VALUES (3,'film0'),(1,'film1'),(2,'film2');
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `film_actor`;
CREATE TABLE `film_actor` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL,
`film_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
`actor_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
KEY `idx_film_actor_id` (`film_id`,`actor_id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
INSERT INTO `film_actor` (`id`, `film_id`, `actor_id`) VALUES (1,1,1),(2,1,2),(3,2,1);
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