Is it necessary to index the MySQL partition field column separately？

Preface

Everyone knows that the partition field must be part 1 of the primary key, so after building the composite primary key, do you need to add a separate index to the partition field? Is it effective? To verify 1, the following words don't say much, let's take a look at the detailed introduction.

1. Create a new table effect_new (partitioned by month to create time)

CREATE TABLE `effect_new` (
 `id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
 `type` tinyint(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
 `timezone` varchar(10) DEFAULT NULL,
 `date` varchar(10) NOT NULL,
 `hour` varchar(2) DEFAULT NULL,
 `position` varchar(200) DEFAULT NULL,
 `country` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
 `create_time` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '1970-01-01 00:00:00',
 PRIMARY KEY (`id`,`create_time`),
 KEY `index_date_hour_coun` (`date`,`hour`,`country`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=983041 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
PARTITION BY RANGE (TO_DAYS (`create_time`))
(PARTITION p0 VALUES LESS THAN (736754) ENGINE = InnoDB,
 PARTITION p1 VALUES LESS THAN (736785) ENGINE = InnoDB,
 PARTITION p2 VALUES LESS THAN (736815) ENGINE = InnoDB,
 PARTITION p3 VALUES LESS THAN (736846) ENGINE = InnoDB,
 PARTITION p4 VALUES LESS THAN (736876) ENGINE = InnoDB,
 PARTITION p5 VALUES LESS THAN (736907) ENGINE = InnoDB,
 PARTITION p6 VALUES LESS THAN (736938) ENGINE = InnoDB,
 PARTITION p7 VALUES LESS THAN (736968) ENGINE = InnoDB,
 PARTITION p8 VALUES LESS THAN (736999) ENGINE = InnoDB,
 PARTITION p9 VALUES LESS THAN (737029) ENGINE = InnoDB,
 PARTITION p10 VALUES LESS THAN (737060) ENGINE = InnoDB);

2. Insert part of the data,

INSERT INTO `effect_new` (`id`, `type`, `timezone`, `date`, `hour`, `position`, `country`, `create_time`) VALUES ('1', '0', 'GMT+8', '2017-07-01', '', 'M-NotiCleanFull-FamilyRecom-0026', '', '2017-07-02 00:07:02');
INSERT INTO `effect_new` (`id`, `type`, `timezone`, `date`, `hour`, `position`, `country`, `create_time`) VALUES ('2', '1', 'GMT+8', '2017-09-30', '23', 'Ma5dtJub', 'EG', '2017-10-01 00:00:00');
INSERT INTO `effect_new` (`id`, `type`, `timezone`, `date`, `hour`, `position`, `country`, `create_time`) VALUES ('3', '1', 'GMT+8', '2017-09-10', '10', '28', 'DZ', '2017-09-11 00:08:20');
INSERT INTO `effect_new` (`id`, `type`, `timezone`, `date`, `hour`, `position`, `country`, `create_time`) VALUES ('4', '1', 'GMT+8', '2017-02-03', '20', '32', 'AD', '2017-02-04 00:00:00');
INSERT INTO `effect_new` (`id`, `type`, `timezone`, `date`, `hour`, `position`, `country`, `create_time`) VALUES ('5', '0', 'GMT+8', '2017-03-05', '2', NULL, 'AI', '2017-03-06 02:10:00');
INSERT INTO `effect_new` (`id`, `type`, `timezone`, `date`, `hour`, `position`, `country`, `create_time`) VALUES ('6', '0', 'GMT+8', '2017-09-23', '13', 'M-BrandSplash-S-0038', 'AG', '2017-09-23 13:00:00');
INSERT INTO `effect_new` (`id`, `type`, `timezone`, `date`, `hour`, `position`, `country`, `create_time`) VALUES ('7', '1', NULL, '2017-10-13', '12', 'BB-Main-AppAd-0018', 'AF', '2017-10-14 12:00:00');
INSERT INTO `effect_new` (`id`, `type`, `timezone`, `date`, `hour`, `position`, `country`, `create_time`) VALUES ('8', '0', 'GMT+8', '2017-10-28', '2', 'M-ChargeReminder-S-0040', 'AE', '2017-10-29 00:00:00');
INSERT INTO `effect_new` (`id`, `type`, `timezone`, `date`, `hour`, `position`, `country`, `create_time`) VALUES ('9', '1', 'GMT+8', '2017-10-09', NULL, '30', 'AI', '2017-10-10 00:09:00');
INSERT INTO `effect_new` (`id`, `type`, `timezone`, `date`, `hour`, `position`, `country`, `create_time`) VALUES ('10', '0', 'GMT+8', '2017-10-05', '5', ' M-BrandSplash', 'LA', '2017-10-06 05:10:00');

3. Analyze the statement

EXPLAIN PARTITIONS
select * from effect_new_index
where create_time = '2017-10-14 12:00:00' 

The results are:

id	select_type	table	partitions	tpye	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	filtered	extra
1	SIMPLE	effect_new	p8	ALL	null	null	null	null	391515	10	Using where

4. Add index idx_ctime to table effect_new

5. Analyze the execution plan after adding indexes

The results are:

id	select_type	table	partitions	tpye	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	filtered	extra
1	SIMPLE	effect_new	p8	ref	idx_ctime	idx_ctime	5	const	60760	100	null

6. Conclusion:

Although the table has been partitioned according to this field, this cannot be equated with an index. Partitioned, can only say that the field for a certain value of the record will be in a certain partition, but not an index, but also 1 easy to find.

Sometimes, the primary key is not equal to the partition according to the column. At this time, if the primary key wants to build a clustered index, it must include the partition according to the column and make a composite primary key. So, in this case, doesn't the partition column have an index? Yes, but it is not fast enough. If the partition by column is not ranked first in this composite index, it is not fast enough. If the partition by column is often used as a filter condition in search statements, it is necessary to create an additional index for the partition by column.

Summarize