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Add VEXPLAIN KEYS for improved sharding key selection #16830

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Description:

This PR introduces a new VEXPLAIN type called KEYS, designed to assist developers and database administrators in making informed decisions about sharding keys. The VEXPLAIN KEYS command provides a concise summary of the query structure, highlighting columns used in joins, filters, and grouping operations.

Key features:

  1. Identifies potential sharding key candidates
  2. Highlights SARGable columns in the WHERE clause
  3. Shows grouping columns for aggregation queries
  4. Reveals join conditions between tables

The output focuses on the structural elements of the query that are most relevant to sharding decisions, without executing the query or providing execution statistics.

Example usage:

mysql> vexplain keys select u.foo, ue.bar, count(*) from user u join user_extra ue on u.id = ue.user_id where u.name = 'John Doe' group by 1, 2;
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ColumnUsage                                                                                                                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| {
        "groupingColumns": [
                "user.foo",
                "user_extra.bar"
        ],
        "joinColumns": [
                "user.id",
                "user_extra.user_id"
        ],
        "filterColumns": [
                "user.name"
        ],
        "statementType": "SELECT"
} |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

This output provides valuable insights for sharding decisions:

  • groupingColumns: Potential candidates for secondary sharding keys
  • joinColumns: Important for maintaining data locality across shards
  • filterColumns: SARGable columns that could be used as primary sharding keys
  • statementType: Helps understand the query type (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE)

By analyzing this information across multiple queries, developers can make more informed decisions about sharding strategies, potentially improving query performance and data distribution.

Related Issue(s)

#16768
Docs: vitessio/website#1853

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Attention: Patch coverage is 94.02985% with 4 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Project coverage is 69.45%. Comparing base (969e018) to head (ac6138e).

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LGTM!

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deepthi commented Sep 24, 2024

@systay systay merged commit 3743f09 into vitessio:main Sep 25, 2024
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