索引最佳实践
示例表
CREATE TABLE `employees` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`name` varchar(24) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '姓名',
`age` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' COMMENT '年龄',
`position` varchar(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '职位',
`hire_time` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP COMMENT '入职时间',
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
KEY `idx_name_age_position` (`name`,`age`,`position`) USING BTREE
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COMMENT='员工表';
INSERT INTO employees(name,age,position,hire_time) VALUES('LeiLei',22,'admin',NOW());
INSERT INTO employees(name,age,position,hire_time) VALUES('1000',23,'admin',NOW());
INSERT INTO employees(name,age,position,hire_time) VALUES('YangYang',27,'person',NOW());
INSERT INTO employees(name,age,position,hire_time) VALUES('XiXi',23,'person',NOW());
1.全值匹配
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name= 'LeiLei';
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name= 'LeiLei' and age = 22;
2.最左前缀法则
如果索引了多列,要遵守最左前缀法则。指的是查询从索引的最左前列开始并且不跳过索引中的列。
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name = 'XiXi' and age = 23;
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE age = 23 AND position = 'person';
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE position = 'person';
3.不在索引列上做任何操作(计算、函数、(自动or手动)类型转换),会导致索引失效而转向全表扫描。
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name = 'XiXi';
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE left(name,3) = 'XiXi';
给hire_time增加一个普通索引:
ALTER TABLE `employees` ADD INDEX `idx_hire_time` (`hire_time`) USING BTREE ;
EXPLAIN select * from employees where date(hire_time) ='2023‐06-13';
转化为日期范围查询,有可能会走索引:
EXPLAIN select * from employees where hire_time >='2023‐06‐13 00:00:00' and hire_time <='2023‐06‐13 23:59:59';
还原最初索引状态
ALTER TABLE `employees` DROP INDEX `idx_hire_time`;
4.存储引擎不能使用索引中范围条件右边的列
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name= 'LeiLei' AND age = 22 AND position ='admin';
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name= 'LeiLei' AND age > 22 AND position ='admin';
5.尽量使用覆盖索引(只访问索引的查询(索引列包含查询列)),减少 select * 语句。
EXPLAIN SELECT name,age FROM employees WHERE name= 'LeiLei' AND age = 22 AND position='admin';
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name= 'LeiLei' AND age = 22 AND position='admin';
6.mysql在使用不等于(!=或者<>),not in ,not exists 的时候无法使用索引会导致全表扫描< 小于、 > 大于、 <=、>= 这些,mysql内部优化器会根据检索比例、表大小等多个因素整体评估是否使用索引。
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name != 'LeiLei';
7.is null,is not null 一般情况下也无法使用索引
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name is null;
8.like以通配符开头(‘$abc…’)mysql索引失效会变成全表扫描操作。
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name like '%Lei';
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name like 'Lei%';
问题:解决like’%字符串%'索引不被使用的方法?
a)使用覆盖索引,查询字段必须是建立覆盖索引字段
EXPLAIN SELECT name,age,position FROM employees WHERE name like '%Lei%';
b)如果不能使用覆盖索引则可能需要借助搜索引擎
9.字符串不加单引号索引失效
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name = '1000';
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name = 1000;
10.少用or或in,用它查询时,mysql不一定使用索引,mysql内部优化器会根据检索比例、表大小等多个因素整体评估是否使用索引,详见范围查询优化。
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name = 'LeiLei' or name = '1000';
11.范围查询优化
给年龄添加单值索引
ALTER TABLE `employees` ADD INDEX `idx_age` (`age`) USING BTREE ;
explain select * from employees where age >=1 and age <=2000;
没走索引原因:mysql内部优化器会根据检索比例、表大小等多个因素整体评估是否使用索引。比如这个例子,可能是由于单次数据量查询过大导致优化器最终选择不走索引。
优化方法:可以将大的范围拆分成多个小范围
explain select * from employees where age >=1 and age <=1000;
explain select * from employees where age >=1001 and age <=2000;
还原最初索引状态
ALTER TABLE `employees` DROP INDEX `idx_age`;
索引使用总结:
like KK%相当于=常量,%KK和%KK% 相当于范围