Why should you use EXPLAIN ANALYZE instead of just EXPLAIN to troubleshoot slow queries?

EXPLAIN ANALYZE actually executes the query, showing actual runtimes and row counts instead of just optimizer estimates.

EXPLAIN does not show join paths.

EXPLAIN ANALYZE automatically indexes the table.

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Reading Query Plans

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What does the 'cost' value in EXPLAIN plans represent?

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