How do I check if an index exists on a table field in MySQL?

Question

I\'ve needed to Google this a couple times, so I\'m sharing my Q/A.

Answer 1

you can use the following SQL statement to check the given column on table was indexed or not

select  a.table_schema, a.table_name, a.column_name, index_name
from    information_schema.columns a
join    information_schema.tables  b on a.table_schema  = b.table_schema and
                                    a.table_name = b.table_name and 
                                    b.table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
left join (
 select     concat(x.name, '/', y.name) full_path_schema, y.name index_name
 FROM   information_schema.INNODB_SYS_TABLES  as x
 JOIN   information_schema.INNODB_SYS_INDEXES as y on x.TABLE_ID = y.TABLE_ID
 WHERE  x.name = 'your_schema'
 and    y.name = 'your_column') d on concat(a.table_schema, '/', a.table_name, '/', a.column_name) = d.full_path_schema
where   a.table_schema = 'your_schema'
and     a.column_name  = 'your_column'
order by a.table_schema, a.table_name;

since the joins are against INNODB_SYS_*, so the match indexes only came from INNODB tables only