Syntax:
ANALYZE [NO_WRITE_TO_BINLOG | LOCAL] TABLE
    tbl_name [, tbl_name] ...

ANALYZE TABLE analyzes and stores the key distribution for a table.
During the analysis, the table is locked with a read lock for MyISAM.
For InnoDB the table is locked with a write lock. This statement works
with MyISAM and InnoDB tables. For MyISAM tables, this statement is
equivalent to using myisamchk --analyze.

For more information on how the analysis works within InnoDB, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/innodb-restrictions.html.

MySQL uses the stored key distribution to decide the order in which
tables should be joined when you perform a join on something other than
a constant. In addition, key distributions can be used when deciding
which indexes to use for a specific table within a query.

This statement requires SELECT and INSERT privileges for the table.

Beginning with MySQL 5.1.27, ANALYZE TABLE is also supported for
partitioned tables. Also beginning with MySQL 5.1.27, you can use ALTER
TABLE ... ANALYZE PARTITION to analyze one or more partitions; for more
information, see [HELP ALTER TABLE], and
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/partitioning-maintenance.html.

URL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/analyze-table.html

