The Index Merge method is used to retrieve rows with several range scans and to merge their results into one.
The merge can produce unions, intersections, or unions-of-intersections of its underlying scans.
This access method merges index scans from a single table;
it does not merge scans across multiple tables.
mysql> explain select * from test where (key1_part1=4 and key1_part2=4) or (key2_part1=4 and key2_part2=4)\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
id: 1
select_type: SIMPLE
table: test
type: index_merge
possible_keys: key1,key2
key: key1,key2
key_len: 8,4
ref: NULL
rows: 3
Extra: Using sort_union(key1,key2); Using where
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
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mysql> explain select * from test where (key1_part1=1 and key1_part2=1) or key2_part1=4\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
id: 1
select_type: SIMPLE
table: test
type: ALL
possible_keys: key1,key2
key: NULL
key_len: NULL
ref: NULL
rows: 29
Extra: Using where
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> explain select * from test where (key1_part1=4 and key1_part2=4) or (key2_part1=4 and key2_part2=4)\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
id: 1
select_type: SIMPLE
table: test
type: index_merge
possible_keys: key1,key2
key: key1,key2
key_len: 8,8
ref: NULL
rows: 2
Extra: Using union(key1,key2); Using where
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
