drop table if exists t1,t2; create table t1 (i int, j int); insert into t1 values (1,2), (3,4), (5,6), (7,8); select count(*) from t1 procedure analyse(); Field_name Min_value Max_value Min_length Max_length Empties_or_zeros Nulls Avg_value_or_avg_length Std Optimal_fieldtype count(*) 4 4 1 1 0 0 4.0000 0.0000 ENUM('4') NOT NULL select * from t1 procedure analyse(); Field_name Min_value Max_value Min_length Max_length Empties_or_zeros Nulls Avg_value_or_avg_length Std Optimal_fieldtype t1.i 1 7 1 1 0 0 4.0000 2.2361 ENUM('1','3','5','7') NOT NULL t1.j 2 8 1 1 0 0 5.0000 2.2361 ENUM('2','4','6','8') NOT NULL create table t2 select * from t1 procedure analyse(); select * from t2; Field_name Min_value Max_value Min_length Max_length Empties_or_zeros Nulls Avg_value_or_avg_length Std Optimal_fieldtype t1.i 1 7 1 1 0 0 4.0000 2.2361 ENUM('1','3','5','7') NOT NULL t1.j 2 8 1 1 0 0 5.0000 2.2361 ENUM('2','4','6','8') NOT NULL drop table t1,t2; EXPLAIN SELECT 1 FROM (SELECT 1) a PROCEDURE ANALYSE(); id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 PRIMARY system NULL NULL NULL NULL 1 2 DERIVED NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL No tables used