rendered paste bodymysql> explain SELECT sql_no_cache p.*, m.id,m.name,m.mgroup,m.email,m.joined,m.avatar,m.avatar_size,m.posts,m.aim_name,m.icq_number, m.signature, m.website,m.yahoo,m.title,m.hide_email,m.msnname, g.g_id, g.g_title, g.g_icon FROM aposts p LEFT JOIN amembers m ON (p.author_id=m.id) LEFT JOIN agroups g ON (g.g_id=m.mgroup) WHERE p.topic_id='79513' and p.queued !='1' ORDER BY p.pid LIMIT 1;
+----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+----------+---------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+----------+---------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | p | ref | topic_id | topic_id | 4 | const | 1182 | Using where; Using filesort |
| 1 | SIMPLE | m | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 3 | v101_1.p.author_id | 1 | |
| 1 | SIMPLE | g | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | v101_1.m.mgroup | 1 | |
+----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+----------+---------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> explain SELECT sql_no_cache p.*, m.id,m.name,m.mgroup,m.email,m.joined,m.avatar,m.avatar_size,m.posts,m.aim_name,m.icq_number, m.signature, m.website,m.yahoo,m.title,m.hide_email,m.msnname, g.g_id, g.g_title, g.g_icon FROM aposts p LEFT JOIN amembers m ON (p.author_id=m.id) LEFT JOIN agroups g ON (g.g_id=m.mgroup) WHERE p.topic_id='79513' and p.queued !='1' ORDER BY p.pid;
+----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+----------+---------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+----------+---------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | p | ref | topic_id | topic_id | 4 | const | 1183 | Using where; Using filesort |
| 1 | SIMPLE | m | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 3 | v101_1.p.author_id | 1 | |
| 1 | SIMPLE | g | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | v101_1.m.mgroup | 1 | |
+----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+----------+---------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)