EXPLAIN extended SELECT me.id_domain, me.domain_name, me.registered, me.delegated, me.id_person, me.id_registrar, me.id_org, me.created, me.paid_till, me.free_date, me.real_free_date, me.owner, me.registrar, me.yandex_tic, me.google_pr, me.date_add, me.date_delete, me.first_create_date FROM ru_stat_domains me WHERE ( delegated = 'DELEGATED' ) ORDER BY owner ASC LIMIT 1177450, 50 \G; *************************** 1. row *************************** id: 1 select_type: SIMPLE table: me type: ref possible_keys: delegated_2 key: delegated_2 key_len: 1 ref: const rows: 1115212 Extra: Using where; Using filesort 1 row in set, 1 warning (0.02 sec)