EXPLAIN SELECT manufacturer_pn FROM product_tags, cnet WHERE product_tags.product_id = cnet.manufacturer_pn; +----+-------------+--------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+--------+------------------------------------------------+ | id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra | +----+-------------+--------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+--------+------------------------------------------------+ | 1 | SIMPLE | product_tags | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 23924 | | | 1 | SIMPLE | cnet | ALL | PRIMARY | NULL | NULL | NULL | 290635 | Range checked for each record (index map: 0x1) | +----+-------------+--------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+--------+------------------------------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)