Test case: --source include/have_innodb.inc SET SESSION join_cache_level=8; CREATE TABLE `D` ( `pk` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `col_int_nokey` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `col_int_key` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `col_varchar_key` varchar(1) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`pk`), KEY `col_int_key` (`col_int_key`), KEY `col_varchar_key` (`col_varchar_key`,`col_int_key`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=101 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (1,6,NULL,'r'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (2,8,0,'c'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (3,6,0,'o'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (4,6,7,'c'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (5,3,8,'d'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (6,9,4,'v'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (7,2,6,'m'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (8,1,5,'j'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (9,8,NULL,'f'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (10,0,NULL,'n'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (11,9,8,'z'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (12,8,8,'h'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (13,NULL,8,'q'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (14,0,1,'w'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (15,5,1,'z'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (16,1,5,'j'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (17,1,2,'a'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (18,6,7,'m'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (19,6,6,'n'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (20,1,4,'e'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (21,8,7,'u'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (22,1,0,'s'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (23,0,9,'u'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (24,4,3,'r'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (25,9,5,'g'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (26,8,1,'o'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (27,5,1,'w'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (28,9,5,'b'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (29,5,9,NULL); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (30,NULL,2,'y'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (31,NULL,5,'y'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (32,105,248,'u'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (33,0,0,'p'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (34,3,8,'s'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (35,1,1,'e'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (36,75,255,'d'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (37,9,9,'d'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (38,7,9,'c'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (39,NULL,3,'b'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (40,NULL,9,'t'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (41,4,6,NULL); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (42,0,4,'y'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (43,204,60,'c'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (44,0,7,'d'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (45,9,1,'x'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (46,8,6,'p'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (47,7,4,'e'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (48,8,NULL,'g'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (49,NULL,8,'x'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (50,6,0,'s'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (51,5,8,'e'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (52,2,151,'l'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (53,3,7,'p'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (54,7,6,'h'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (55,NULL,NULL,'m'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (56,145,23,'n'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (57,0,2,'v'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (58,1,4,'b'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (59,7,NULL,'x'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (60,3,NULL,'r'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (61,NULL,77,'t'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (62,2,NULL,'w'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (63,2,NULL,'w'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (64,2,7,'k'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (65,8,1,'a'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (66,6,9,'t'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (67,1,6,'z'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (68,NULL,2,'e'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (69,1,3,'q'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (70,0,0,'e'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (71,4,NULL,'v'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (72,1,6,'d'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (73,1,3,'u'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (74,27,195,'o'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (75,4,5,'b'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (76,6,2,'c'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (77,2,7,'q'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (78,248,25,NULL); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (79,NULL,NULL,'h'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (80,9,0,'d'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (81,75,98,'w'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (82,2,6,'m'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (83,9,5,'i'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (84,4,0,'w'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (85,0,3,'f'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (86,0,1,'k'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (87,1,1,'v'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (88,119,147,'c'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (89,1,3,'y'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (90,7,3,'h'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (91,2,NULL,NULL); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (92,7,2,'t'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (93,2,1,'l'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (94,6,8,'a'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (95,4,8,'r'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (96,5,8,'s'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (97,7,0,'z'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (98,1,1,'j'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (99,7,8,'c'); INSERT INTO `D` VALUES (100,2,5,'f'); SELECT table1 .`col_int_nokey` FROM D table1 STRAIGHT_JOIN ( D JOIN ( D table3 STRAIGHT_JOIN D table4 ON table4 .`pk` = table3 .`col_varchar_key` ) ON table4 .`pk` ) ON table4 .`col_varchar_key` ; With mrr_sort_keys=off , this query crashes with LP bug #628785