Bug #62147 LEFT JOIN generating HUGE temp_table (very slow of course)
Submitted: 11 Aug 2011 12:05 Modified: 23 Aug 2011 19:19
Reporter: Morg. What? Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: DML Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:5.5.8 OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: left join

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