mysql> explain SELECT partner_name, partner_url, partner_description FROM lb_link LEFT JOIN lb_partner ON link_partner_id = partner_id WHERE link_site_id = 142 AND partner_category = '2' AND partner_language = 'jp' AND link_status IN (1,2) LIMIT 4600, 40\G; *************************** 1. row *************************** id: 1 select_type: SIMPLE table: lb_partner type: ref possible_keys: PRIMARY,partner_language,p_cat_lang key: p_cat_lang key_len: 10 ref: const,const rows: 5408 Extra: Using where *************************** 2. row *************************** id: 1 select_type: SIMPLE table: lb_link type: eq_ref possible_keys: link_partner_id key: link_partner_id key_len: 8 ref: const,link_builder.lb_partner.partner_id rows: 1 Extra: Using where 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> SHOW CREATE TABLE lb_link\G *************************** 1. row *************************** Table: lb_link Create Table: CREATE TABLE `lb_link` ( `link_id` int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment, `link_partner_id` int(10) NOT NULL default '0', `link_site_id` int(10) NOT NULL default '0', `link_linkback_url` varchar(255) character set utf8 NOT NULL default '', `link_status` int(5) NOT NULL default '0', `link_created_on` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `link_modified_on` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `link_created_by` int(10) NOT NULL default '0', `link_modified_by` int(10) NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY (`link_id`), UNIQUE KEY `link_partner_id` (`link_site_id`,`link_partner_id`), KEY `link_linkback_url` (`link_linkback_url`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> SHOW CREATE TABLE lb_partner\G *************************** 1. row *************************** Table: lb_partner Create Table: CREATE TABLE `lb_partner` ( `partner_id` int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment, `partner_category` int(4) NOT NULL default '0', `partner_language` varchar(2) character set utf8 NOT NULL default 'en', `partner_name` varchar(128) character set utf8 NOT NULL default 'link', `partner_description` text character set utf8, `partner_url` text character set utf8 NOT NULL, `partner_email` text character set utf8, `partner_form` varchar(255) character set utf8 NOT NULL default '', `partner_old_id` int(10) default NULL, `partner_created_on` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `partner_modified_on` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `partner_created_by` int(10) NOT NULL default '0', `partner_modified_by` int(10) NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY (`partner_id`), KEY `partner_form` (`partner_form`), KEY `partner_language` (`partner_language`), KEY `p_cat_lang` (`partner_category`,`partner_language`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci 1 row in set (0.00 sec)