member_id, filename, cache_width, object_id, timestamp, createstamp, cache_size, cache_media_type, title, type, service_id, cache_height, cache_width_thumbnail FROM upload WHERE service_id = '6945629' AND filename LIKE '%html%' ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 0, 1000; +----+-------------+--------+------------+-------+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+---------+------+--------+----------+-------------+ | id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra | +----+-------------+--------+------------+-------+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+---------+------+--------+----------+-------------+ | 1 | SIMPLE | upload | NULL | index | service_id__id,service_id,service_id__createstamp,service_id__filename | PRIMARY | 4 | NULL | 125684 | 0.09 | Using where | +----+-------------+--------+------------+-------+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+---------+------+--------+----------+-------------+ -- after mysql> explain SELECT id, service_id, cache_height_thumbnail, member_id, filename, cache_width, object_id, timestamp, createstamp, cache_size, cache_media_type, title, type, service_id, cache_height, cache_width_thumbnail FROM upload WHERE service_id = '6945629' AND filename LIKE '%html%' ORDER BY createstamp DESC LIMIT 0, 1000; +----+-------------+--------+------+------------------------------------------+----------------------+---------+-------+--------+-------------+ | id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra | +----+-------------+--------+------+------------------------------------------+----------------------+---------+-------+--------+-------------+ | 1 | SIMPLE | upload | ref | service_id__id,service_id,service_id__createstamp | service_id__createstamp | 4 | const | 294272 | Using where | +----+-------------+--------+------+------------------------------------------+----------------------+---------+-------+--------+-------------+