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刚给一个朋友解决他写的Discuz!插件的问题,说到MySQL的COUNT(*)的效率,发现越说越说不清楚,干脆写下来,分享给大家。

COUNT(*)与COUNT(COL)
网上搜索了下,发现各种说法都有:
比如认为COUNT(COL)比COUNT(*)快的;
认为COUNT(*)比COUNT(COL)快的;
还有朋友很搞笑的说到这个其实是看人品的。

在不加WHERE限制条件的情况下,COUNT(*)与COUNT(COL)基本可以认为是等价的;
但是在有WHERE限制条件的情况下,COUNT(*)会比COUNT(COL)快非常多;

具体的数据参考如下:

 

 代码如下 复制代码

> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM cdb_posts where fid = 604;
+------------+
| COUNT(fid) |
+------------+
| 79000 |
+------------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)

mysql> SELECT COUNT(tid) FROM cdb_posts where fid = 604;
+------------+
| COUNT(tid) |
+------------+
| 79000 |
+------------+
1 row in set (0.33 sec)

mysql> SELECT COUNT(pid) FROM cdb_posts where fid = 604;
+------------+
| COUNT(pid) |
+------------+
| 79000 |
+------------+
1 row in set (0.33 sec)

COUNT(*)通常是对主键进行索引扫描,而COUNT(COL)就不一定了,另外前者是统计表中的所有符合的纪录总数,而后者是计算表中所有符合的COL的纪录数。还有有区别的。

COUNT时的WHERE解决办法


顺便提下mysql的DISTINCT的关键字有很多你想不到的用处
1.在count 不重复的记录的时候能用到
比如

 代码如下 复制代码
SELECT COUNT( DISTINCT id ) FROM tablename;

就是计算talbebname表中id不同的记录有多少条

2,在需要返回记录不同的id的具体值的时候可以用
比如

 代码如下 复制代码
SELECT DISTINCT id FROM tablename;

返回talbebname表中不同的id的具体的值

3.上面的情况2对于需要返回mysql表中2列以上的结果时会有歧义
比如

 代码如下 复制代码
SELECT DISTINCT id, type FROM tablename;

实际上返回的是 id与type同时不相同的结果,也就是DISTINCT同时作用了两个字段,必须得id与tyoe都相同的才被排除了,与我们期望的结果不一样
简单说下,就是COUNT的时候,如果没有WHERE限制的话,MySQL直接返回保存有总的行数
而在有WHERE限制的情况下,总是需要对MySQL进行全表遍历。

优化总结,对于MyISAM表来说:

 代码如下 复制代码
1.任何情况下SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tablename是最优选择;
2.尽量减少SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tablename WHERE COL = 'value' 这种查询;
3.杜绝SELECT COUNT(COL) FROM tablename WHERE COL2 = 'value' 的出现。
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