mysql> describe cdr; +-------------+--------------+------+-----+---------------------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------------+--------------+------+-----+---------------------+----------------+ | id | int(11) | | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | calldate | datetime | | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | | | clid | varchar(80) | | | | | | src | varchar(80) | | MUL | | | | dst | varchar(80) | | MUL | | | | dcontext | varchar(80) | | | | | | channel | varchar(80) | | | | | | dstchannel | varchar(80) | | | | | | lastapp | varchar(80) | | | | | | lastdata | varchar(80) | | | | | | duration | int(11) | | | 0 | | | billsec | int(11) | | | 0 | | | disposition | varchar(45) | | | | | | amaflags | int(11) | | | 0 | | | accountcode | varchar(20) | | | | | | uniqueid | varchar(32) | | | | | | userfield | varchar(255) | | | | | +-------------+--------------+------+-----+---------------------+----------------+ 17 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show index from cdr; +-------+------------+-------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+ | Table | Non_unique | Key_name | Seq_in_index | Column_name | Collation | Cardinality | Sub_part | Packed | Null | Index_type | Comment | +-------+------------+-------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+ | cdr | 0 | PRIMARY | 1 | id | A | 1000657 | NULL | NULL | | BTREE | | | cdr | 1 | cdr_src_idx | 1 | src | A | 58862 | NULL | NULL | | BTREE | | | cdr | 1 | cdr_dst_idx | 1 | dst | A | 111184 | NULL | NULL | | BTREE | | +-------+------------+-------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> explain SELECT calldate,src,dst,billsec,disposition FROM cdr WHERE src = '21972829' OR dst = '21972829';+-------+------+-------------------------+------+---------+------+---------+-------------+ | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra | +-------+------+-------------------------+------+---------+------+---------+-------------+ | cdr | ALL | cdr_src_idx,cdr_dst_idx | NULL | NULL | NULL | 1000677 | Using where | +-------+------+-------------------------+------+---------+------+---------+-------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> explain SELECT calldate,src,dst,billsec,disposition FROM cdr force index(cdr_src_idx,cdr_dst_idx) WHERE src = '21972829' OR dst = '21972829'; +-------+------+-------------------------+------+---------+------+---------+-------------+ | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra | +-------+------+-------------------------+------+---------+------+---------+-------------+ | cdr | ALL | cdr_src_idx,cdr_dst_idx | NULL | NULL | NULL | 1000677 | Using where | +-------+------+-------------------------+------+---------+------+---------+-------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)