Syntax error The MySQL EXPLAIN keyword executes the query or just explains the query?

The MySQL EXPLAIN keyword executes the query or just explains the query?



The EXPLAIN keyword tells how MySQL executes the query. Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable1375
   -> (
   -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
   -> FirstName varchar(20),
   -> INDEX FIRST_INDEX(FirstName)
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.73 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable1375(FirstName) values('Chris');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.25 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1375(FirstName) values('Bob');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1375(FirstName) values('Sam');
Query OK, 1 row affected (1.06 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1375(FirstName) values('David');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select * from DemoTable1375;

This will produce the following output −

+----+-----------+
| Id | FirstName |
+----+-----------+
|  2 | Bob       |
|  1 | Chris     |
|  4 | David     |
|  3 | Sam       |
+----+-----------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query using MySQL EXPLAIN −

mysql> explain  select * from DemoTable1375;

This will produce the following output −

+----+-------------+---------------+------------+-------+---------------+-------------+---------+------+------+----------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table         | partitions | type | possible_keys  | key         | key_len | ref | rows | filtered  | Extra       |
+----+-------------+---------------+------------+-------+---------------+-------------+---------+------+------+----------+-------------+
|  1 | SIMPLE      | DemoTable1375 | NULL       | index | NULL          | FIRST_INDEX | 63      | NULL | 4    | 100.00   | Using index |
+----+-------------+---------------+------------+-------+---------------+-------------+---------+------+------+----------+-------------+
1 row in set, 1 warning (0.03 sec)
Updated on: 2019-11-11T09:31:40+05:30

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