create user foo@localhost; grant ALL on *.* to foo@localhost; ==================================================================== Testing index for columns USER, HOST ==================================================================== ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select TOTAL_CONNECTIONS from performance_schema.accounts where USER = "impossible"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE accounts NULL ref ACCOUNT ACCOUNT 129 const # 100.00 NULL ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select TOTAL_CONNECTIONS from performance_schema.accounts where USER > "impossible"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE accounts NULL ALL ACCOUNT NULL NULL NULL # 33.33 Using where ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select TOTAL_CONNECTIONS from performance_schema.accounts where USER < "2"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE accounts NULL ALL ACCOUNT NULL NULL NULL # 33.33 Using where ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select TOTAL_CONNECTIONS from performance_schema.accounts where USER = "foo"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE accounts NULL ref ACCOUNT ACCOUNT 129 const # 100.00 NULL ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select TOTAL_CONNECTIONS from performance_schema.accounts where USER = "impossible" and HOST = "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 TOTAL_CONNECTIONS from performance_schema.accounts where USER = "foo" and HOST = "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 TOTAL_CONNECTIONS from performance_schema.accounts where USER = "foo" and HOST > "impossible"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE accounts NULL ref ACCOUNT ACCOUNT 129 const # 33.33 Using where ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select TOTAL_CONNECTIONS from performance_schema.accounts where USER = "foo" and HOST < "2"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE accounts NULL ref ACCOUNT ACCOUNT 129 const # 33.33 Using where ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select TOTAL_CONNECTIONS from performance_schema.accounts where USER = "foo" and HOST = "localhost"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE accounts NULL const ACCOUNT ACCOUNT 385 const,const # 100.00 NULL ############# Explain End ######################################### flush status; select TOTAL_CONNECTIONS from performance_schema.accounts where USER = "foo" and HOST = "localhost"; TOTAL_CONNECTIONS # OK: handler_read_key incremented drop user foo@localhost;