How will you optimize a SELECT query in MySQL?

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Q. How will you optimize a SELECT query in MySQL?
We can use following options to increase the speed of a SELECT query in MySQL:

I. Index: We can create index on the columns that are used in WHERE clause of SELECT statement.

II. Function Isolation: We can check whether a function is being called multiple times or one time. By isolating the specific function that takes longer time in a query, we can optimize it to improve the overall performance of a query.

III. Full Table Scan: Wherever possible we should minimize the full table scan in a query. We can use optimal WHERE clause to do this.

IV. Table Statistics: MySQL has an in-built optimizer that can optimize a sql query. But it needs current statistics from the table. To keep the statistics up to date we can run ANALYZE statement on a table.

V. Memory: We can also adjust the size and properties of Memory area to optimize the execution of a query in MySQL.

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