CREATE TABLE t_ndb(c1 INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, c2 INT NOT NULL, c3 char(20), KEY c3_idx(c3)) ENGINE=ndbcluster; INSERT INTO t_ndb VALUES (1,1, '9412'), (2,2, '9413'); CREATE TABLE t_innodb(c1 INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, c2 INT NOT NULL, c3 char(20), KEY c3_idx(c3))ENGINE=INNODB; INSERT INTO t_innodb VALUES (1, 1, 'a'), (2,2,'a'), (3,3,'a'); ANALYZE TABLE t_innodb; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t_innodb analyze status OK EXPLAIN SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t_ndb; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL # # Select tables optimized away Warnings: Note 1003 /* select#1 */ select count(0) AS `COUNT(*)` from `test`.`t_ndb` EXPLAIN SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t_ndb, t_innodb; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE t_ndb p0,p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6,p7 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL # # NULL 1 SIMPLE t_innodb NULL index NULL c3_idx 81 NULL # # Using index Warnings: Note 1003 /* select#1 */ select count(0) AS `COUNT(*)` from `test`.`t_ndb` join `test`.`t_innodb` SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t_ndb; COUNT(*) 2 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t_ndb, t_innodb; COUNT(*) 6 DROP TABLE t_ndb, t_innodb;