MariaDB [test]> EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM testtbl WHERE id_nam=0; +------+-------------+---------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------------+ | id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra | +------+-------------+---------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------------+ | 1 | SIMPLE | testtbl | ALL | id_nam | NULL | NULL | NULL | 198 | Using where | +------+-------------+---------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------------+ 1 row in set (0.000 sec)