CREATE TABLE `album_fotos` ( `id_album` int(6) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, `idu` varchar(32) NOT NULL, `id_usuario` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `numero_fotos` int(3) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `inhabilitado` enum('0','1') NOT NULL default '0', `monitorizado_reportes` enum('0','1') NOT NULL default '0', `titulo` varchar(75) NOT NULL, `ip` varchar(15) NOT NULL, `fecha_creacion` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `fecha_ultimo_upload` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `fecha_fin_monitorizacion` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY (`id_album`), KEY `id_album` (`inhabilitado`,`id_usuario`,`id_album`), KEY `idu` (`idu`(10)) ) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=208386 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 mysql> SELECT SQL_NO_CACHE COUNT(*) FROM `album_fotos` WHERE `id_usuario`='2'; +----------+ | COUNT(*) | +----------+ | 7 | +----------+ 1 row in set (0.17 sec) mysql> SELECT SQL_NO_CACHE COUNT(*) FROM `album_fotos` WHERE `inhabilitado` AND `id_usuario`='2'; +----------+ | COUNT(*) | +----------+ | 7 | +----------+ 1 row in set (0.32 sec) mysql> mysql> EXPLAIN SELECT SQL_NO_CACHE COUNT(*) FROM `album_fotos` WHERE `id_usuario`='2'; +----+-------------+-------------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+--------+--------------------------+ | id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra | +----+-------------+-------------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+--------+--------------------------+ | 1 | SIMPLE | album_fotos | index | NULL | id_album | 9 | NULL | 208343 | Using where; Using index | +----+-------------+-------------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+--------+--------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> EXPLAIN SELECT SQL_NO_CACHE COUNT(*) FROM `album_fotos` WHERE `inhabilitado` AND `id_usuario`='2'; +----+-------------+-------------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+--------+--------------------------+ | id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra | +----+-------------+-------------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+--------+--------------------------+ | 1 | SIMPLE | album_fotos | index | NULL | id_album | 9 | NULL | 208343 | Using where; Using index | +----+-------------+-------------+-------+---------------+----------+---------+------+--------+--------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)