Итак... какой из них быстрее (значение NULl не является проблемой) и индексируется.
SELECT * FROM A
JOIN B b ON b.id = a.id
JOIN C c ON c.id = b.id
WHERE A.id = '12345'
Использование левых соединений:
SELECT * FROM A
LEFT JOIN B ON B.id=A.bid
LEFT JOIN C ON C.id=B.cid
WHERE A.id = '12345'
Вот фактический запрос Вот он.. оба возвращают тот же результат
Query (0.2693sec) :
EXPLAIN EXTENDED SELECT *
FROM friend_events, zcms_users, user_events,
EVENTS WHERE friend_events.userid = '13006'
AND friend_events.state =0
AND UNIX_TIMESTAMP( friend_events.t ) >=1258923485
AND friend_events.xid = user_events.id
AND user_events.eid = events.eid
AND events.active =1
AND zcms_users.id = user_events.userid
EXPLAIN
id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra
1 SIMPLE zcms_users ALL PRIMARY NULL NULL NULL 43082
1 SIMPLE user_events ref PRIMARY,eid,userid userid 4 zcms_users.id 1
1 SIMPLE events eq_ref PRIMARY,active PRIMARY4 user_events.eid 1 Using where
1 SIMPLE friend_events eq_ref PRIMARY PRIMARY 8 user_events.id,const 1 Using where
LEFTJOIN QUERY: (0.0393 sec)
EXPLAIN EXTENDED SELECT *
FROM `friend_events`
LEFT JOIN `user_events` ON user_events.id = friend_events.xid
LEFT JOIN `events` ON user_events.eid = events.eid
LEFT JOIN `zcms_users` ON user_events.userid = zcms_users.id
WHERE (
events.active =1
)
AND (
friend_events.userid = '13006'
)
AND (
friend_events.state =0
)
AND (
UNIX_TIMESTAMP( friend_events.t ) >=1258923485
)
EXPLAIN
id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra
1 SIMPLE friend_events ALL PRIMARY NULL NULL NULL 53113 Using where
1 SIMPLE user_events eq_ref PRIMARY,eid PRIMARY 4 friend_events.xid 1 Using where
1 SIMPLE zcms_users eq_ref PRIMARY PRIMARY 4 user_events.userid 1
1 SIMPLE events eq_ref PRIMARY,active PRIMARY 4 user_events.eid 1 Using where