In Oracle there is an important note in the explain plain where it says filter a.col1=... this one letting you know col1 is first retrieved from the disk and only then filter is been done. This important piece of information let you know the exact column been used within a specific index and which are filter after and may be good candidate for index.
In MySQL explain result we see something like:
+----+-------------+-------+------------+--------+--------------------+---------+-------+--------+----------+------------------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+--------+--------------------+---------+-------+--------+----------+------------------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | SD | NULL | range | ix_store_composite | 64 | NULL | 252978 | 60.00 | Using index condition; Using where |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+--------+--------------------+---------+-------+--------+----------+------------------------------------+
What I would like to know which of the columns data are coming from the index and which are been filtered after (the using where).
I couldn't find any option to get additional detail on the explain
Best Answer
"Using index condition" does not mean the same as "Using index".
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