Es gibt in der Tat Unterschiede ... bei der Server laufen mit der Standard-Konfiguration. Alle Keys und Indezes sollten soweit ich gesehen habe gleich sein.
MySQL 5.0
+----+--------------------+-------+--------+---------------+----------+---------+------------------+------+-----------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+--------------------+-------+--------+---------------+----------+---------+------------------+------+-----------------------------+
| 1 | PRIMARY | t | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 324 | Using filesort |
| 6 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | p | ref | id_topic | id_topic | 4 | elvzw.t.id | 38 | Using where; Using filesort |
| 5 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | p | ref | id_topic | id_topic | 4 | elvzw.t.id | 38 | |
| 4 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | w | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 8 | elvzw.t.id,const | 1 | Using where; Using index |
| 3 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | p | ref | id_topic | id_topic | 4 | elvzw.t.id | 38 | Using where; Using filesort |
| 2 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | p | ref | id_topic | id_topic | 4 | elvzw.t.id | 38 | |
+----+--------------------+-------+--------+---------------+----------+---------+------------------+------+-----------------------------+
MySQL 5.1
+----+--------------------+-------+--------+---------------+----------+---------+---------------------+------+--------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+--------------------+-------+--------+---------------+----------+---------+---------------------+------+--------------------------+
| 1 | PRIMARY | t | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 324 | Using filesort |
| 6 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | p | index | id_topic | date | 4 | NULL | 1 | Using where |
| 5 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | p | ref | id_topic | id_topic | 4 | d00e2dfb.t.id | 38 | |
| 4 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | w | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 8 | d00e2dfb.t.id,const | 1 | Using where; Using index |
| 3 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | p | index | id_topic | date | 4 | NULL | 1 | Using where |
| 2 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | p | ref | id_topic | id_topic | 4 | d00e2dfb.t.id | 38 | |
+----+--------------------+-------+--------+---------------+----------+---------+---------------------+------+--------------------------+
Das sagt mir allerdings nicht viel ;) Und was ich jetzt zu tun habe ist mir auch nicht klar.
zwelch