show variables like 'join_buffer_size'; let $query= SELECT city.Name, country.Name FROM city,country WHERE city.Country=country.Code AND city.Population > 3000000; --replace_column 10 # 11 # --eval EXPLAIN $query --sorted_result --eval $query let $query= SELECT city.Name, country.Name FROM city,country WHERE city.Country=country.Code AND country.Name LIKE 'L%' AND city.Population > 100000; --replace_column 10 # 11 # --eval EXPLAIN $query --sorted_result --eval $query let $query= SELECT city.Name, country.Name, countrylanguage.Language FROM city,country,countrylanguage WHERE city.Country=country.Code AND countrylanguage.Country=country.Code AND city.Name LIKE 'L%' AND country.Population > 3000000 AND countrylanguage.Percentage > 50; --replace_column 10 # 11 # --eval EXPLAIN $query --sorted_result --eval $query let $query= SELECT Name FROM city WHERE city.country IN (SELECT Code FROM country WHERE country.Name LIKE 'L%') AND city.Population > 100000; --replace_column 10 # 11 # --eval EXPLAIN $query --sorted_result --eval $query set join_buffer_size=default;