create table t1 (a int, b int, c int); insert into t1 select seq,seq/2, seq/4 from seq_1_to_100; create table t2 (a int, b int, c int); insert into t2 select seq, seq/2, seq/4 from seq_1_to_200; analyze table t1,t2 persistent for all; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 analyze status Engine-independent statistics collected test.t1 analyze status OK test.t2 analyze status Engine-independent statistics collected test.t2 analyze status OK set optimizer_trace=1; set join_cache_level=6; set optimizer_switch='hash_join_cardinality=on'; explain select * from t1, t2 where t1.a=t2.a and t1.a=t2.b and t1.c=t2.c; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 100 Using where 1 SIMPLE t2 hash_ALL NULL #hash#$hj 15 test.t1.a,test.t1.a,test.t1.c 200 Using where; Using join buffer (flat, BNLH join) set @json= (select trace from information_schema.optimizer_trace); select json_detailed(json_extract(@json, '$**.hash_join_cardinality')) as JS; JS [ { "hash_join_columns": [ { "field": "a", "avg_frequency": 1 }, { "field": "b", "avg_frequency": 2 }, { "field": "c", "avg_frequency": 3.9216 } ], "rows": 1 } ] select json_detailed(json_extract(@json, '$**.rest_of_plan[*].rows_for_plan')) as ROWS_FOR_PLAN; ROWS_FOR_PLAN [100] explain select * from t1, t2 where t1.c=t2.c; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 100 Using where 1 SIMPLE t2 hash_ALL NULL #hash#$hj 5 test.t1.c 200 Using where; Using join buffer (flat, BNLH join) set @json= (select trace from information_schema.optimizer_trace); select json_detailed(json_extract(@json, '$**.hash_join_cardinality')) as JS; JS [ { "hash_join_columns": [ { "field": "c", "avg_frequency": 3.9216 } ], "rows": 3.9216 } ] select json_detailed(json_extract(@json, '$**.rest_of_plan[*].rows_for_plan')) as ROWS_FOR_PLAN; ROWS_FOR_PLAN [392.16] explain select * from t1 straight_join t2 where t1.c=t2.c and t2.a<30; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 100 Using where 1 SIMPLE t2 hash_ALL NULL #hash#$hj 5 test.t1.c 200 Using where; Using join buffer (flat, BNLH join) set @json= (select trace from information_schema.optimizer_trace); # Note that rows is the same: select json_detailed(json_extract(@json, '$**.hash_join_cardinality')) as JS; JS [ { "hash_join_columns": [ { "field": "c", "avg_frequency": 3.9216 } ], "rows": 0.568632 } ] # Despite available selectivity: select json_detailed(json_extract(@json, '$**.selectivity_for_columns')) as JS; JS [ [ { "column_name": "a", "ranges": ["NULL < a < 30"], "selectivity_from_histogram": 0.145 } ] ] drop table t1,t2;