On 10/15/06, Freebat Wangh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
mysql> explain select lw.id, lw.sender as guest_id from gossip lw where lw.owner = 21821 order by lw.id desc limit 18540, 20\G; *************************** 1. row *************************** id: 1 select_type: SIMPLE table: lw type: ref possible_keys: owner_id key: owner_id key_len: 4 ref: const rows: 10646 Extra: Using where 1 row in set (0.03 sec)
it should be OK! In fact when mysql uses filesort the column Extra is something like: "Using where; Using filesort" you can do this additional test: explain select lw.id, lw.sender as guest_id from gossip lw where lw.owner = 21821 order by lw.sender desc limit 18540, 20; this query will use filesort! -- http://www.openwebspider.org http://www.eviltime.com - " Time is what we want most, but what we use worst "