I have the following query, all relevant columns are indexed correctly. MySQL version 5.0.8. The query takes forever:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `members` `t` WHERE t.member_type NOT IN (1,2)
AND ( SELECT end_date FROM subscriptions s
WHERE s.sub_auth_id = t.member_auth_id AND s.sub_status = 'Completed'
AND s.sub_pkg_id > 0 ORDER BY s.id DESC LIMIT 1 ) < curdate( )
EXPLAIN
output:
----+--------------------+-------+-------+-----------------------+---------+---------+------+------+-------------
id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra
----+--------------------+-------+-------+-----------------------+---------+---------+------+------+-------------
1 | PRIMARY | t | ALL | membership_type | NULL | NULL | NULL | 9610 | Using where
----+--------------------+-------+-------+-----------------------+---------+---------+------+------+-------------
2 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | s | index | subscription_auth_id, | PRIMARY | 4 | NULL | 1 | Using where
| | | | subscription_pkg_id, | | | | |
| | | | subscription_status | | | | |
----+--------------------+-------+-------+-----------------------+---------+---------+------+------+-------------
Why?