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Querying the SQL Execution Plan (GET Request)

Function

This API is used to query a SQL execution plan. Currently, this function is supported only for MySQL DB instances.

URI

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

**Table 1** URI parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID. To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.
instance_id	Yes	String	Instance ID.

**Table 2** Query parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
db_user_id	Yes	String	Database user ID.
database	Yes	String	Database name.
sql	Yes	String	SQL statement.

Request Parameters

**Table 3** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	User token.
X-Language	No	String	Language. Enumerated values: zh-cn en-us

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

**Table 4** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
execution_plans	Array of execution plan objects	SQL execution plan list.
error_message	String	Error message displayed if the SQL execution fails.

**Table 5** Execution plan
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	ID.
select_type	String	Type of the SELECT clause.
table	String	Database table.
partitions	String	Partitions from which records would be matched by the query.
type	String	Access type.
possible_keys	String	Keys (index) that can be used.
key	String	Key (index) that is used.
key_len	String	Length of the key that is used.
ref	String	Column or constant used along with the key to select rows.
rows	String	Number of rows that MySQL considers it must check when executing a query
filtered	String	Estimated percentage of table rows that are filtered by the table condition.
extra	String	Other information.

Status code: 400

**Table 6** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code. Minimum length: 8 characters Maximum length: 36 characters
error_msg	String	Error message. Minimum length: 2 characters Maximum length: 512 characters

Status code: 500

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code. Minimum length: 8 characters Maximum length: 36 characters
error_msg	String	Error message. Minimum length: 2 characters Maximum length: 512 characters

Example Request

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 Response

Status code: 200

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