Writing Fast Queries
• EXPLAIN SELECT (continued)
– Type (continued)
• eq_ref
– One row matches per combination
– Unique index match
• ref
– Several matching rows per combination
– Non-unique index
• range
– A range of rows will be retrieved
• index
– Index will be scanned for matches
– Like a table scan, but faster
• all
– Full table scan
– Worst case
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