如果动手实践过的,就发现在相同的列上创建多个索引没有任何问题。有什么影响呢?从explain查询语句的结果来看,explain时分别指定同一列上的多个索引,除了possible keys不一样,其他列都是一样的。查询效率上肯定没什么影响。
mysql> explain select * from one use index(mynick) where nickname="AAA";
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+--------+---------+-------+------+-----------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+--------+---------+-------+------+-----------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | one | ref | mynick | mynick | 13 | const | 1 | Using index condition |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+--------+---------+-------+------+-----------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> explain select * from one use index(nickname) where nickname="AAA";
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+----------+---------+-------+------+-----------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+----------+---------+-------+------+-----------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | one | ref | nickname | nickname | 13 | const | 1 | Using index condition |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+----------+---------+-------+------+-----------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
但是,索引都是需要维护的,增删改涉及到了此列时原本要改一次的操作,现在就需要改多次了。浪费空间,浪费操作。(从ibd文件中能看出这个浪费)