使用情景：
那些没有事先考虑，而已经出现了的，数据查询慢的情况。这个时候如果要把已有的大数据量表分开。sql语句不需要重写。逻辑分表。
mysql>show engines;
的时候你会发现 mrg_myisam 其实就是merge
mysql> CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `user1` (
-> `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-> `name` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
-> `sex` int(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
-> PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-> ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)
mysql> CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `user2` (
-> `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-> `name` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
-> `sex` int(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
-> PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-> ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO `user1` (`name`, `sex`) VALUES('张映', 0);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO `user2` (`name`, `sex`) VALUES('tank', 1);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `alluser` (
-> `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-> `name` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
-> `sex` int(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
-> INDEX(id)
-> ) TYPE=MERGE UNION=(user1,user2) INSERT_METHOD=LAST AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
Query OK, 0 rows affected, 1 warning (0.00 sec)
mysql> select id,name,sex from alluser;
+----+--------+-----+
| id | name | sex |
+----+--------+-----+
| 1 | 张映 | 0 |
| 1 | tank | 1 |
+----+--------+-----+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO `alluser` (`name`, `sex`) VALUES('tank2', 0);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> select id,name,sex from user2
-> ;
+----+-------+-----+
| id | name | sex |
+----+-------+-----+
| 1 | tank | 1 |
| 2 | tank2 | 0 |
+----+-------+-----+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)