explain SELECT * FROM job JOIN companies ON companies.companyid = job.companyid JOIN job_postings ON (job.jobid = job_postings.jobid) WHERE job.jobid IN (16189,16188); +--------------+-------+-------------------+---------+---------+-------+------+-------------+ | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra | +--------------+-------+-------------------+---------+---------+-------+------+-------------+ | job | const | PRIMARY,companyid | PRIMARY | 4 | const | 2 | | | companies | const | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | const | 2 | | | job_postings | ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | const | 8 | Using where | +--------------+-------+-------------------+---------+---------+-------+------+-------------+