mysql> explain postings; +----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | title | varchar(254) | YES | | NULL | | | trade_id | int(11) | YES | MUL | NULL | | | body | text | YES | | NULL | | | votes | int(11) | YES | | 0 | | | created_at | datetime | YES | | NULL | | | updated_at | datetime | YES | | NULL | | | member_id | int(11) | YES | MUL | NULL | | | type | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | | | topic_id | int(11) | YES | MUL | NULL | | | equity_id | int(11) | YES | MUL | NULL | | | ip_address | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | | | hidden_at | datetime | YES | | NULL | | | view_count | int(11) | YES | | 0 | | | comments_count | int(11) | YES | | 0 | | | import_guid | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | | | updated_by | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | | version | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | +----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 18 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show indexes from postings; +----------+------------+-----------------------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+ | Table | Non_unique | Key_name | Seq_in_index | Column_name | Collation | Cardinality | Sub_part | Packed | Null | Index_type | Comment | +----------+------------+-----------------------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+ | postings | 0 | PRIMARY | 1 | id | A | 10297 | NULL | NULL | | BTREE | | | postings | 1 | index_postings_on_member_id | 1 | member_id | A | 1716 | NULL | NULL | YES | BTREE | | | postings | 1 | index_postings_on_trade_id | 1 | trade_id | A | 52 | NULL | NULL | YES | BTREE | | | postings | 1 | index_postings_on_topic_id | 1 | topic_id | A | 858 | NULL | NULL | YES | BTREE | | | postings | 1 | index_postings_on_equity_id | 1 | equity_id | A | 2574 | NULL | NULL | YES | BTREE | | +----------+------------+-----------------------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+ 5 rows in set (0.15 sec) mysql>