Using where:表示优化器需要通过索引回表查询数据;
Using index:表示直接访问索引就足够获取到所需要的数据,不需要通过索引回表;
Using index condition:在5.6版本后加入的新特性(Index Condition Pushdown);
Using index condition 会先条件过滤索引,过滤完索引后找到所有符合索引条件的数据行,随后用 WHERE 子句中的其他条件去过滤这些数据行;
using index condition = using index + 回表 + where 过滤
mysql> explain select tid from test where tid < 5 ; +----+-------------+-------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+--------------------------+ | id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra | +----+-------------+-------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+--------------------------+ | 1 | SIMPLE | test | NULL | range | idx_tid | idx_tid | 5 | NULL | 28 | 100.00 | Using where; Using index | +----+-------------+-------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+--------------------------+ 1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec) mysql> explain select * from test where tid < 5 ; +----+-------------+-------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+-----------------------+ | id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra | +----+-------------+-------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+-----------------------+ | 1 | SIMPLE | test | NULL | range | idx_tid | idx_tid | 5 | NULL | 28 | 100.00 | Using index condition | +----+-------------+-------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+-----------------------+ 1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)