一个字符类型的、一个int类型的,查询的时候到底会不会走索引,其实很多工作了几年的开发人员有时也会晕,下面就用具体事例来测试一下。
1. 准备工作
先准备2张表,以备后续测试使用。
表1:创建表test1,总共3列,其中id 是主键(int),c_no 为int型,且有索引,c_2为普通字段
/*创建表test1*/
create table test1(id int primary key,c_no int ,c_2 varchar(1),keyc_no(c_no));/*插入一些测试数据*/
insert into test1 values(1,1,'0'),(2,2,'1'),(3,4,'1'),(4,6,'0'),(5,7,''1),(6,11,'2'),(7,5,'3'),(8,100,'0'),(9,30,'1'),(10,50,'0');
表2: 创建表test1,总共3列,其中id 是主键(int),c_no 为字符型,且有索引,c_2为普通字段
/*创建test2*/
create table test2(id int primary key auto_increment,c_no varchar(11) ,c2 varchar(2),keyc_no(c_no));/*插入一些测试数据*/
insert into test2 values(1,'5','1'),(4,'100','0'),(3,'30','1'),(10,'500','0'),(11,'20','0'),(12,'20a','0'),(15,'020b','1');
两张表的差异是c_no的字段类型不同。
2. 等值查询测试
2.1 测试test1
test1.c_no字段为int类型,下面分别用整型和字符串进行比较,查看是否走索引。对应的执行计划如下:
mysql> explain select * from test1 where c_no='100';+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | test1 | NULL | ref | c_no | c_no | 5 | const | 1 | 100.00 | NULL |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00sec)
mysql> explain select * from test1 where c_no=100;+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | test1 | NULL | ref | c_no | c_no | 5 | const | 1 | 100.00 | NULL |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)
可见,两种方式均走索引了,且走的是c_no的索引,类型为ref为const(常量的等值查询),扫行数为1
也就是说当表中的字段类型为整型时,无论查询用字符串类型的数字还是int类型的数字均能走索引。其中用int类型的值查询能走索引可以容易理解,那么,字符型的为什么能走? 其实这里的字符类型做了隐式转化,上例中就相当于
mysql> explain select * from test1 where c_no=CAST('100' as UNSIGNED);+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | test1 | NULL | ref | c_no | c_no | 5 | const | 1 | 100.00 | NULL |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)
2.2 测试 test2 表
以同样的方式测试一下test2的查询情况
先测试正常情况下字符型与字符型比较,结果可想而知,可以走索引,如下:
mysql> explain select * from test2 where c_no='100';+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | test2 | NULL | ref | c_no | c_no | 47 | const | 1 | 100.00 | NULL |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)
而,如果是整型再查呢?结果如下(很遗憾,不能走索引了)
mysql> explain select * from test2 where c_no=100;+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | test2 | NULL | ALL | c_no | NULL | NULL | NULL | 7 | 14.29 | Using where |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------+-------------+
1 row in set, 3 warnings (0.00 sec)
也就是说,表中字段为字符类型的时候,查询的值为整型时,无法走索引了。
那这句相当于如下情况:
mysql> explain select * from test2 where cast(c_no as unsigned)=100;+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | test2 | NULL | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 7 | 100.00 | Using where |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+----------+-------------+
1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)
也就是c_no做了隐式转化。因为如果是100做了影视转化,那么结果应该是可以走索引,例如:
mysql> explain select * from test2 where c_no=cast(100 as char);+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | test2 | NULL | ref | c_no | c_no | 47 | const | 1 | 100.00 | NULL |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+-------+------+----------+-------+
1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)
由此,我们也应证了如果字段做了函数计算后,该列上即使有索引也无法使用(MySQL8.0之前的版本)。
2.3 进一步测试
其实针对test2表 还可以测试一点,进一步证明是c_no字段做了隐式转化,例如:
mysql> select * from test2 where c_no=20;+----+------+------+
| id | c_no | c2 |
+----+------+------+
| 11 | 20 | 0 |
| 12 | 20a | 0 |
| 15 | 020b | 1 |
+----+------+------+
3 rows in set, 2 warnings (0.00 sec)
另外,看到了2个警告,内容如下:
mysql>show warnings;+---------+------+------------------------------------------+
| Level | Code | Message |
+---------+------+------------------------------------------+
| Warning | 1292 | Truncated incorrect DOUBLE value: '20a' |
| Warning | 1292 | Truncated incorrect DOUBLE value: '020b' |
+---------+------+------------------------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
更加证明了转化为数字型(预转为double)
3. 小结
通过上面的简单测试,即可发现如下结论:
当表中的字段类型为整型时,无论查询用字符串类型的数字还是int类型的数字均能走索引;
表中字段为字符类型的时候,查询的值为整型时,无法走索引;
如果字段做了函数计算后,该列上即使有索引也无法使用(MySQL8.0之前的版本)
因此开发同学在写SQL的时候要注意SQL的写法,缺少一个单引号可能导致很大的性能差异。