==================================================================== Testing index for columns EVENT_NAME ==================================================================== ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select COUNT_STAR from performance_schema.file_summary_by_event_name where EVENT_NAME = "impossible"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL # NULL no matching row in const table ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select COUNT_STAR from performance_schema.file_summary_by_event_name where EVENT_NAME > "impossible"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE file_summary_by_event_name NULL ALL PRIMARY NULL NULL NULL # 33.33 Using where ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select COUNT_STAR from performance_schema.file_summary_by_event_name where EVENT_NAME < "2"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE file_summary_by_event_name NULL ALL PRIMARY NULL NULL NULL # 33.33 Using where ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select COUNT_STAR from performance_schema.file_summary_by_event_name where EVENT_NAME = "wait/io/file/sql/ERRMSG"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE file_summary_by_event_name NULL const PRIMARY PRIMARY 514 const # 100.00 NULL ############# Explain End ######################################### flush status; select COUNT_STAR from performance_schema.file_summary_by_event_name where EVENT_NAME = "wait/io/file/sql/ERRMSG"; COUNT_STAR # OK: handler_read_key incremented