Database management systems notes

Reading a Query Plan

EXPLAIN line by line, and the four shapes that mean something is wrong. Every section is a drawn page beside a clear written explanation, about 20 minutes in all.

  • Chapter 25 of 34
  • About 20 minutes
  • 7 sections

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The first drawn page of Reading a Query Plan: The anatomy of one line
The chapter's first page: The anatomy of one line

In this chapter

  • The anatomy of one line
  • Reading the tree
  • The options worth using
  • Shape 1: the estimate that is wildly wrong
  • Shapes 2, 3 and 4
  • A worked diagnosis
  • A method for any slow query

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