mysql> EXPLAIN select * from sys_log group by title;
+----+-------------+---------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------+---------------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+---------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------+---------------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | sys_log | NULL | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 23733 | 100.00 | Using temporary; Using filesort |
+----+-------------+---------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------+---------------------------------+
mysql> EXPLAIN select * from sys_log group by title order by null;
+----+-------------+---------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------+-----------------+
| id | select_type | table | partitions | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | filtered | Extra |
+----+-------------+---------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------+-----------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | sys_log | NULL | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 23733 | 100.00 | Using temporary |
+----+-------------+---------+------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+-------+----------+-----------------+
从上面的例子可以看出,第一个查询的 Extra 多了一个 filesort,所以查询会较第二个查询耗时。