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EXPLAIN Cheatsheet

By Sheeri Cabral — April 22nd, 2008 at 11:21 am
Posted in Group Blog Posts • MySQL • Non-Tech Articles
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At the 2008 MySQL Conference and Expo, The Pythian Group gave away EXPLAIN cheatsheets. They were very nice, printed in full color and laminated to ensure you can spill your coffee* on it and it will survive.

For those not at the conference, or those that want to make more, the file is downloadable as a 136Kb PDF at explain-diagram.pdf

* or tea, for those of us in the civilized world.

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3 Responses to “EXPLAIN Cheatsheet”

  1. Keith Murphy Says:
    April 22nd, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    Thanks for the cheatsheet. I appreciate it. I will have it at my desk to spill coffee on. Guess that means I am not civilized :)

    Keith

  2. Artem Russakovskii Says:
    April 22nd, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    Thanks, Sheeri. My laminated copy is attached safely at my desk. Bring some more of this goodness!

  3. Mark Callaghan Says:
    April 22nd, 2008 at 8:23 pm

    That was by far my favorite handout.

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