select FILE_NAME, EVENT_NAME from performance_schema.file_instances limit 1 into @fname, @ename; ==================================================================== Testing index for columns FILE_NAME ==================================================================== ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select count(*) from performance_schema.file_instances where FILE_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(*) from performance_schema.file_instances where FILE_NAME > "impossible"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE file_instances NULL ALL PRIMARY NULL NULL NULL # 33.33 Using where ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select count(*) from performance_schema.file_instances where FILE_NAME < "2"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE file_instances NULL ALL PRIMARY NULL NULL NULL # 33.33 Using where ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select count(*) from performance_schema.file_instances where FILE_NAME = @fname; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE file_instances NULL const PRIMARY PRIMARY 2050 const # 100.00 NULL ############# Explain End ######################################### flush status; select count(*) from performance_schema.file_instances where FILE_NAME = @fname; count(*) # OK: handler_read_key incremented ==================================================================== Testing index for columns EVENT_NAME ==================================================================== ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select count(*) from performance_schema.file_instances where EVENT_NAME = "impossible"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE file_instances NULL ref EVENT_NAME EVENT_NAME 514 const # 100.00 NULL ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select count(*) from performance_schema.file_instances where EVENT_NAME > "impossible"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE file_instances NULL ALL EVENT_NAME NULL NULL NULL # 33.33 Using where ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select count(*) from performance_schema.file_instances where EVENT_NAME < "2"; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE file_instances NULL ALL EVENT_NAME NULL NULL NULL # 33.33 Using where ############ Explain for Query #################################### explain select count(*) from performance_schema.file_instances where EVENT_NAME = @ename; id select_type table partitions type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE file_instances NULL ref EVENT_NAME EVENT_NAME 514 const # 100.00 NULL ############# Explain End ######################################### flush status; select count(*) from performance_schema.file_instances where EVENT_NAME = @ename; count(*) # OK: handler_read_key incremented