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Querying a SQL Execution Plan (GET Request)

Function

This API is used to query a SQL execution plan. Currently, only MySQL instances are supported.

Authorization Information

Each account has permissions to call all APIs, but IAM users must have the required permissions specifically assigned.

If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see the required permissions in Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.

If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

Action	Access Level	Resource Type (*: required)	Condition Key	Alias	Dependencies
das:clouddba:showSqlExecutionPlan	Read	Connection Instance	-	das:clouddba:getSqlExecutionPlan	-

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

das:clouddba:showSqlExecutionPlan

Read

Connection

Instance

das:clouddba:getSqlExecutionPlan

URI

GET /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/sql/explain

**Table 1** URI parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Definition Project ID of a tenant in a region To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID. Constraints N/A Range The value can contain 32 characters. Only letters and digits are supported. Default Value N/A
instance_id	Yes	String	Definition Unique ID of an instance. You can obtain the instance ID from the instance list or instance details. Constraints Only MySQL instances are supported. Range The value can contain 36 characters. Only letters and digits are allowed. Default Value N/A

**Table 2** Query parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
db_user_id	Yes	String	Definition Database user ID, that is, ID of a connection established between the database account and the database. A database user ID is created by calling the API in Creating a Database User. Constraints N/A Range The value is a UUID containing 36 characters. Only letters, digits, and hyphens (-) are allowed. Default Value N/A
database	Yes	String	Definition Database name Constraints Only MySQL instances are supported. Range N/A Default Value N/A
sql	Yes	String	Definition SQL statement Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Request Parameters

None

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

**Table 3** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
execution_plans	Array of execution plan objects	Definition SQL execution plan list.
error_message	String	Definition Error message displayed if the SQL execution fails. Range N/A

**Table 4** ExecutionPlan
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Definition Execution plan ID Range [0, 2^31 – 1]. The actual value depends on the query result.
select_type	String	Definition Type of the SELECT clause Range SIMPLE: simple query PRIMARY: primary query UNION: second or subsequent query in UNION DEPENDENT UNION: related query in UNION UNION RESULT: UNION result set SUBQUERY: subquery DEPENDENT SUBQUERY: related subquery DERIVED: derived table UNCACHEABLE SUBQUERY: subquery that cannot be cached
table	String	Definition Database table Range N/A
partitions	String	Definition Partition that will match a query record Range N/A
type	String	Definition Access type Range ALL: full table scan index: full index scan range: range scan ref: non-unique index scan eq_ref: join using a unique index const: constant level system: system level NULL: The table does not need to be accessed.
possible_keys	String	Definition Key (index) that may be used Range N/A
key	String	Definition Key (index) that is used Range N/A
key_len	String	Definition Length of a key to be used Range N/A
ref	String	Definition Column or constant used along with a key to select rows Range N/A
rows	String	Definition Number of rows that MySQL must check during a query Range N/A
filtered	String	Definition Estimated percentage of table rows filtered by table condition Range N/A
extra	String	Definition Other information Range N/A

Example Requests

Querying the SQL execution plan (GET request)

GET https://das.cn-north-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/054e292c9880d4992f02c0196d3ea468/instances/da304cd5bbb944de828759bc7be3d3fein01/sql/explain?db_user_id=2c250598-1e3c-4d31-bc19-be1d866247e6&database=abc&sql=select 1

Example Responses

Status code: 200

{
  "execution_plans" : [ {
    "id" : "1",
    "select_type" : "SIMPLE",
    "table" : "",
    "partitions" : "",
    "type" : "NULL",
    "possible_keys" : "",
    "key" : "",
    "key_len" : "",
    "ref" : "",
    "rows" : "",
    "filtered" : "",
    "extra" : "No tables used"
  } ]
}

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
200	Success.
400	Bad request.
500	Internal server error.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

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