I seem to have fixed it.. I ran myisamchk on all the tables--and now the
indexes work as expected.. Very strange indeed.. Though, there is a strange
twist now: explain reports fewer rows to be checked than are displayed with
the query runs.. Is that normal?
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tore Van Grembergen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "David Wolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: Optimizing query (2nd attempt)
> maybe you heva to declare a compound index with userid and username.
> the sql parser now does not use the index on username.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Wolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Tore Van Grembergen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Optimizing query (2nd attempt)
>
>
> > Yes.. There is an index on users.username :)
> >
> > David
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tore Van Grembergen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "David Wolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 8:46 AM
> > Subject: Re: Optimizing query (2nd attempt)
> >
> >
> > > do you have an index defined on users.username ?
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "David Wolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 4:26 PM
> > > Subject: Optimizing query (2nd attempt)
> > >
> > >
> > > > I have a query as follows:
> > > >
> > > > SELECT log.entity, log.action,
> > > > LEFT(users.username,10) AS username,
> > > > LEFT(boards.title,15) AS Board,
> > > > LEFT(topics.subject,22) as Subject,
> > > > log.postid, log.extraid,
> > > > LEFT(from_unixtime(log.logtime),19) AS time, log.ip
> > > > FROM log LEFT JOIN users ON log.userid = users.id
> > > > LEFT JOIN boards ON log.boardid=boards.id
> > > > LEFT JOIN topics ON log.topicid = topics.id
> > > > WHERE log.logTime > UNIX_TIMESTAMP("2000-10-26 23:00:00")
> > > > AND users.username="testuser";
> > > >
> > > > When I run an 'explain' on it, I get:
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
+--------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+-------------+-------
> > > > --+------------+
> > > > | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref
|
> > rows
> > > > | Extra |
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
+--------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+-------------+-------
> > > > --+------------+
> > > > | log | ALL | time | NULL | NULL | NULL
|
> > > > 1192384 | where used |
> > > > | users | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | log.userId
|
> > > > 1 | where used |
> > > > | boards | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | log.boardId
|
> > > > 1 | |
> > > > | topics | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | log.topicId
|
> > > > 1 | |
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
+--------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+-------------+-------
> > > > --+------------+
> > > > 4 rows in set (0.01 sec)
> > > >
> > > > Now.. If I exclude the 'users.username="testuser"' and substitute it
> for
> > > the
> > > > userid that I got in a previous query (i.e. userid=2) so that the
> query
> > > > becomes:
> > > >
> > > > SELECT log.entity, log.action,
> > > > LEFT(users.username,10) AS username,
> > > > LEFT(boards.title,15) AS Board,
> > > > LEFT(topics.subject,22) as Subject,
> > > > log.postid, log.extraid,
> > > > LEFT(from_unixtime(log.logtime),19) AS time, log.ip
> > > > FROM log LEFT JOIN users ON log.userid = users.id
> > > > LEFT JOIN boards ON log.boardid=boards.id
> > > > LEFT JOIN topics ON log.topicid = topics.id
> > > > WHERE log.logTime > UNIX_TIMESTAMP("2000-10-26 23:00:00")
> > > > AND log.userid=2;
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > and run an explain, I get...
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
+--------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+-------------+-------
> > > > +------------+
> > > > | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref
|
> > rows
> > > > | Extra |
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
+--------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+-------------+-------
> > > > +------------+
> > > > | log | ref | time,userid | userid | 4 | const
|
> > > 27198
> > > > | where used |
> > > > | users | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | log.userId
|
> > > 1
> > > > | |
> > > > | boards | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | log.boardId
|
> > > 1
> > > > | |
> > > > | topics | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | log.topicId
|
> > > 1
> > > > | |
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
+--------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+-------------+-------
>
> > > > +------------+
> > > > 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
> > > >
> > > > Big difference from 1.19million rows to 27198 rows... My question is
> > this.
> > > > How can I optimize the query with the left joins so that the
optimizer
> > > will
> > > > first grab the userid from the username and then use the userid
index
> on
> > > log
> > > > to return the results fast?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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