示例查询：
create table t1(c1 int primary key);
mysql> explain select c1 from t1;
+----+-------------+-------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+-------------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+-------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | t1 | NULL | index | NULL | PRIMARY | 4 | NULL | 1 | 100.00 | Using index |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+-------------+
1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)
SQL> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display);
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Plan hash value: 2822583898
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 1 | 13 | 2 (0)| 00:00:01 |
| 1 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| T_DILANG | 1 | 13 | 2 (0)| 00:00:01 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note
-----
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2)
12 rows selected.
可以从tree解释计划中获取大量信息。如果MySQL能够显示它也会很棒。
使用Percona Toolkit，pt-visual-explain，效果很好。
命令行输出：
mysql> explain select c1 from t1, A, B where c1 > 0 group by c1 having count(1) > 2 limit 1;
+----+-------------+-------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | t1 | NULL | index | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | NULL | 1 | 100.00 | Using where; Using index; Using temporary; Using filesort |
| 1 | SIMPLE | A | NULL | index | NULL | idx7 | 4 | NULL | 1 | 100.00 | Using index; Using join buffer (Block Nested Loop) |
| 1 | SIMPLE | B | NULL | index | NULL | idx7 | 4 | NULL | 1 | 100.00 | Using index; Using join buffer (Block Nested Loop) |
+----+-------------+-------+------------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
3 rows in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)
pt-visual-explain的输出：
$mysql -e "explain select c1 from t1, A, B where c1 > 0 group by c1 having count(1) > 2 limit 1" | pt-visual-explain
Filesort
+- TEMPORARY
table temporary(t1,A,B)
+- JOIN
+- Join buffer
| +- Index scan
| key B->idx7
| key_len 4
| rows 1
+- JOIN
+- Join buffer
| +- Index scan
| key A->idx7
| key_len 4
| rows 1
+- Filter with WHERE
+- Index scan
key t1->PRIMARY
possible_keys PRIMARY
key_len 4
rows 1
答案 0 :(得分：2)
新的MySQL工作台附带Visual Explain Plan，它显示了解释查询的流程图。除了在命令行或mysql中，没有太多。
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/wb-performance-explain.html
如果你仍然喜欢命令行，你可以使用Percona的Visual Explain工具，但它需要解释计划作为给定的输入。
mysql -e“解释从t1选择c1”| PT-视觉解释
https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-toolkit/2.2/pt-visual-explain.html