SELECT statement not using possible_keys
问题 I have a table from a legacy system which does not have a primary key. It records transactional data for issuing materials in a factory. For simplicities sake, lets say each row contains job_number, part_number, quantity & date_issued. I added an index to the date issued column. When I run an EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM issued_parts WHERE date_issued > '20100101', it shows this: +----+-------------+----------------+------+-------------------+------+---------+------+---------+-------------+ | id |