Archive for May 2009

Profiling Queries with SHOW STATUS
mysql> flush status;
mysql> select SQL_NO_CACHE count(*) from table;

– Check query plan now:

mysql> show status like 'Select%';

– Check engine operations:

mysql> show status like 'Handler%';

– Check if there was any ordering:

mysql> show status like 'Sort%';

– Check how many temporary tables have been created:

mysql> show status like 'Created%';

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