MySQL Reference Manual for version 4.0.18.

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A.6.1 How to avoid table scan,,,

EXPLAIN will show ALL in the type column when MySQL uses a table scan to resolve a query. This happens usually when:

What you can do to avoid a 'wrong' table scan for big tables are:



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