mysql> SHOW INDEX FROM bigtable; +----------+------------+----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+ | Table | Non_unique | Key_name | Seq_in_index | Column_name | Collation | Cardinality | Sub_part | Packed | Null | Index_type | Comment | +----------+------------+----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+ | bigtable | 0 | PRIMARY | 1 | id | A | NULL | NULL | NULL | | BTREE | NULL | | bigtable | 0 | PRIMARY | 2 | title | A | 2335242 | NULL | NULL | | BTREE | NULL | +----------+------------+----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)